Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Troubetzkoy akawana dzidzo yokumusha, kubvira muna 1806 akanga achipinda hurukuro paMoscow University. Muna 1808 akapinda muLeib Guards Semyonovsky regiment. Somusoja, akapinda muhondo dzose dzakakosha dzeHondo yeChitanhatu yeMubatanidzwa muna 1812-1814 kusanganisira hondo yeBorodino, hondo yeMaloyaroslavets,
Hondo yeLützen, hondo yeBautzen uye hondo yeKulm uye vakagamuchira mirairo yakawanda. Muhondo yeLeipzig akakuvadzwa zvakakomba. Pashure pehondo iye akapfuurira nebasa rehondo uye muna 1821 akasimudzirwa kuva Colonel.