With his training complete in December, he joined the 2nd Caucasus Frontier Regiment of the Russian Expeditionary Corps, which was sent to dislodge the Ottoman Turks in Persia.
Nakon okončane obuke u prosincu, pridružio se Drugoj kavkaskoj graničarskoj pukovniji Ruskog ekspedicijskog korpusa, koji je poslan da istjera Osmanlije iz Perzije.