Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1814, akatangazve dzidzo yake. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1817 kubva ku "Korpus kolonnovozhatykh", chikoro chakagadzwa naGeneral Nikolay N. Muravyov mumba make kudzidzisa vakuru vevashandi, uye akagadzwa sa ensign ("praporshchik") muuto. (Paakanga achiri mudzidzi pa"Korpus", akanyora bhuku renhamba rakabudiswa muna 1817.) Akaendeswa kuChipiri Hondo paTulchin kumaodzanyemba kweUkraine uye akapiwa basa rekuongorora nzvimbo yeBessarabia, nzvimbo yaizopedza makore gumi nemaviri anotevera uye imwe iyo inoratidzika zvikuru mubasa rake. Tulchin yaiva muzinda mukuru weSouthern Society of the Decembrists
uye mapurisa akawanda akasungwa gare gare aiva shamwari dzake, asi hapana uchapupu hwokuti Veltman ainzwira tsitsi kupandukira kwacho.