Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a cikin dangin masu daraja a cikin Moscow gubernia, Markov ya shiga aikin soja a cikin Permsk Infantry Regiment a ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1770, kuma an sanya shi ensign a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba, 1772. A ranar 29 ga Yuni 1788 an daukaka shi zuwa na biyu, kuma ya halarci yakin Russo-Turkish, yana aiki a karkashin Alexander Suvorov wanda ke jagorantar layin na 2 a Kinburn 13 Oktoba. An ba shi giciye na zinare da Order na St. George (na aji na 4) yayin kewaye da Ochakov a ranar 11 ga Afrilu 1792, inda aka raunata shi a kai. Bayan ya warke ya zama babban majalisa a cikin Apsheron Infantry Regiment a 1792, yana aiki a cikin Yakin Poland
na 1792-1794 da kuma ganin aiki a Gorodische, Dubenky, da kuma Prague. A cikin 1796 ya shiga cikin Tafiya ta Farisa. An daukaka shi zuwa Kanal a ranar 15 ga Afrilu 1798, an ba shi umurnin Tiflis Musketeer Regiment a ranar 27 ga Agusta 1798. A ranar 7 ga Oktoba 1798 an daukaka shi zuwa Manjo Janar, kuma an nada shi shugaban kungiyar sojojin Muromansk a ranar 8 ga Disamba.