Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muna 1839, Meves akadzidza neKonstantinovsky Cadet Corps, uye musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1853 akazova mukuru muPavlovsky Regiment yeImperial Guards. Muna 1863, akabatanidzwa mukudzvinyirirwa kwekumukira kwePoland
uye musi wa 12 June akapiwa Order of St. Stanislav, 3rd degree, nebakatwa neuta.