Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Troubetzkoy akagamuchira dzidzo yekumba, kubvira muna 1806 aive achipinda hurukuro muMoscow 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 nehondo yeKulm uye vakagamuchira mirairo yakawanda. Muhondo yeLeipzig akakuvadzwa zvakakomba. Pashure pehondo iye akapfuurira nebasa rehondo uye muna 1821 akasimudzirwa kuva Colonel.