Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mwanakomana womukuru mukuru weinjiniya, Mikhail Ashenbrenner akadzidza neFirst Moscow Cadet Corps, uye akabudiswa muchiuto muna 1860, aine chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri. Somukuru mukuru, iye neboka ravamwe vake vakadzidza sayenzi dzomusikirwo, uye vakadzidza Feuerbach, Darwin, naSpencer. Muna 1864, akaendeswa kuTurkestan nokuda kwokuramba kutora rutivi mukudzvinyirira
Kumukira kwePoland mukurwisana nokutonga kweRussia. Akagara munzvimbo iri kure yeBessarabia kusvikira pakatanga Hondo yeRusso-Turkey muna 1877, uye ipapo mudunhu reKherson.