 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Volkonsky akapedza kudzidza kubva kuFirst Cadet Corps. Musi wa9 Gumiguru 1792 akanyoresa Ensign Praporshchik muIzmaylovsky Regiment. Pana 1 January 1796 akapiwa basa nomutevedzeri wechipiri muuto rimwe chetero. Musi wa 16 Mbudzi 1800 Volkonsky akabviswa muchiuto aine chinzvimbo chekaputeni. Pana 15 September 1801 akava chamberlain akagamuchirwa nedare ramambo. Musi wa 15 Ndira 1807 Volkonsky akapindazve muchiuto aine chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto uye muuto akagadzwa kuve mubatsiri kuna General Ivan Michelson - Mutungamiriri wemauto eMoldova. Akatora rutivi muhondo dzokurwisana nevaTurkey, akawana mibayiro inoverengeka, kubatanidza munondo wendarama nokuda kwoushingi hwake. Musi wa15 Gunyana 1807 akasimudzirwa kuva colonel uye akagadzwa kuva mubatsiri kuna Alexander I. Musi wa28 Chikunguru 1812 Volkonsky akagadzwa akaumbwa nemasoja eSaint Petersburg, akatora chikamu muHondo yechipiri yePolotsk, pakati paGumiguru 67, uye akakuvadzwa negranade kudivi rake rerudyi, zvekuti musi wa20 Gumiguru 1812 akasiya basa. Musi waZvita 19 wegore iroro akadzokera kubasa uye aive mumutambo waAlexander I. Muna 1813 akapinda muhondo yeLutzen, Hondo yeBautzen uye Hondo yeDresden. Musi waSeptember 15 wegore rimwe chetero akaitwa mukuru mukuru pamwe nekugamuchirwa kuSweet. Nokuda kwekusiyanisa muhondo yeLeipzig akapiwa bakatwa regoridhe nokuda kwoushingi nemadhaimani. Muna 1814 akarwa muhondo yeBrienne, Hondo yeLa Rothière, Hondo yeBar-sur-Aube, Hondo yeArcis-sur-Aube, Hondo yeFere-Champenoise uye Hondo yeParis 1814. 