 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apollon Galafeyev akaberekerwa mumhuri yakakwirira muTambov guberniya. Pashure pokunge agamuchira dzidzo yake pa 1st Cadet Corps, akapedza kudzidza aine chinzvimbo che podporuchik musi waZvita 26, 1811, uye akapihwa kuTula Infantry Regiment. Muna 1812, Apollon Galafeyev akashanda muchikwata chaCount Peter Wittgenstein uye akatora chikamu muHondo yeSivoshino, Hondo yeSvolnya, Hondo yekutanga neyechipiri yePolotskakakwidziridzwa kuva poruchik uye akapiwa Order of St. Anna, 4th Kirasi, Hondo yeTazhniki, uye Hondo yeSmolyanka yakakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Muna 1813, Apollon Galafeyev akapinda mukukombwa kwePillau neFree City yeDanzig, kuvharirwa kweWittenberg, Hondo yeLuckau yakakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni, Hondo yeLeipzig, kutora Amsterdam uye kudzinga muvengi kubva kuBrede. Muna 1814, Apollon Galafeyev akatora chikamu mukuvharirwa kweJülich, Hondo yeCraonne, Hondo yeLaon, nekugara kweParis. 