Konstantin ya girma a Ukraine, a wani ɓangare a cikin karkara da kuma a wani ɓangare a Kiev. Ya yi karatu a <unk>First Imperial <unk> classical Gymnasium na Kiev, inda ya kasance abokin aji na Mikhail Bulgakov. Lokacin da yake a aji na 6 mahaifinsa ya bar iyalin kuma an tilasta masa ya ba da darussan masu zaman kansu don samun rayuwa. A 1912 ya shiga Faculty of Natural History a Jami'ar Kiev. A 1914 ya koma Faculty of Law of the Moscow Association, amma yakin duniya na farko ya katse shi. Ya fara karatunsa a matsayin mai kula da jirgin kasa a Moscow, wanda ya kasance mai magana da yawun 'yan jarida a Moscow.
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