Fedor Levshin was born on October 3, 1912 in the village of Gati, Venyevsky District, Tula region. In 1919 he moved to Moscow with his parents. He worked as a photographer for the newspaper «Izvestia» after finishing school. And in 1938 he became a photo correspondent for the newspaper «Krasnaya Zvezda». With the outbreak of war, in 1941, Levshin was drafted into the Red Army by the Moscow Military Recruitment Center with the rank of captain, as a photo correspondent for the newspaper «Krasnaya Zvezda». From the first days of the war, he was at the front as a special photo correspondent of the newspaper and covered the battles of the Red Army. Levshin took part in the battles of the Finnish Campaign (Winter War), the Southern, Western, Voronezh, 3rd Belorussian, 1st Baltic, Volkhov, 2nd Ukrainian and 1st Far Eastern Fronts. He was wounded in one of the battles during the liberation of Rostov-on-Don. Until the autumn of 1945, Fedor Levshin was constantly in the troops and formations of the active army, taking part in combat operations. For his work and service Levshin was awarded such awards as: Medal «For the defense of Stalingrad» (22.12.1942), Medal «For the Defense of the Caucasus» (01.05.1944), Medal «For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945». (09.05.1945), Medal «For the Victory over Japan» (30.09.1945), Medal «For Capture of Budapest» (09.06.1945), Medal «For Capture of Vienna» (09.06.1945), Medal «For Liberation of Belgrade» (09.08.1945), Order of the Red Star (04.1945), Medal «For Military Merit» (21.08.1953), Order of the Red Star (30.12.1956).

After the successful Manchurian operation, the Battle of Manchuria or «August Storm» in 1945, Levshin ended the war and returned to Moscow. In February 1961, Fedor Levshin was discharged into the reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel. There were 4 brothers in the Levshin family: Fedor, Anatoly, Mikhail and Lev, all of them returned from the war alive.