Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1774 Golitsyn ya shiga cikin rukunin Leib Guard Preobrazhensky kuma ya sami mukaminsa na farko na sandan a cikin 1777. Ya ci gaba da karatunsa a Strasbourg a 1782. Ya yi tafiya a Jamus da Faransa tare da dangi. A cikin 1786 Golitsyns sun zauna a Paris, inda Dmitry da ɗan'uwansa Boris suka yi nazarin kimiyyar soja a École Militaire. A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1789, Dmitry ya shiga cikin hare-haren Bastille. Ya rubuta wa mahaifiyarsa game da ayyukan Majalisar Kasa (Faransa). A shekara ta 1791 Golitsyns ya koma Rasha ta Imperial kuma ya shiga cikin doki. A Lokacin Tawayen Kościuszko
ya yi yaƙi a ƙarƙashin Aleksandr Suvorov kuma a ranar 24 ga Oktoba 1794 ya bambanta kansa a yakin Prague kuma ya sami lambar farko ta St. George na digiri na 4.