 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo poruchik muna 1838 uye kune icho chemutungamiriri muna 1841 panguva yehondo yeCaucasian. Mumakambani a1842-1843 Bakikhanov akarwa nevanokwira makomo mudunhu reSamur neMountainous Dagestan; basa raakapihwa nechinzvimbo cha stabsrittmeister cheCossack Regiment yeImperial Guard uye yakazotevera kugadzwa muSeparate Caucasian Corps uye gore rakatevera rakakwidziridzwa kuita rittmeister weVadziviriri. Muna 1844-1848 aivewo muDagestan uye akapinda muhondo dzeSalta neGergebil, kusanganisira hondo yekurwisa Haji Murad. Iye zvikurukuru akazviratidza amene mukati mekupinda kweaul yokupedzisira - Akhty - muna 1848. Nokuda kwemabasa ake, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru musi waJune 6, 1848 uye akapiwa munondo wendarama wakanyorwa kuti Nokuda kwoushingi. 