<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wajoyina njengesosha eqenjini le-Semyonovsky Regiment of the Imperial Guard yaseRussia ngo-1781 eneminyaka engu-12. Phakathi kuka - 1782 no - 1786 wafunda esikoleni samaProthestani eStrasbourg ukuze aphelelise amakhono akhe olimi lwesiFulentshi nolwesiJalimane. Wayemthanda kakhulu uGoethe noFriedrich Schiller futhi lapho eneminyaka engu - 17 nje kuphela, wabhalela lo owayengumbhali incwadi ngesiJalimane. Wabuye wafunda umculo nomdanso ngenkuthalo, wazitholela igama lesidlaliso elithi Boris-Vestris elivela kumdansi waseFrance u-Auguste Vestris. Waqhubeka nemfundo yakhe njengomsizi ka-lieutenant e-École militaire eParis phakathi neminyaka yokugcina ye-Ancien Régime; akazange ahlangane noNapoleon Bonaparte owashiya isikole ngo-Okthoba 1785. Emasontweni amabili ngemva kokuhlasela iBastille  <response>: umyalo obhaliwe weza koGolitsyn ukuba bazungeze umuzi njengabaqaphi. Ukubhalelana izincwadi komdala wabazalwane bakaGolitsyn kufakazela isithakazelo sakhe esijulile ekuhlaziyeni nasekuqondeni izenzakalo zeNguquko YaseFrance. UBoris wenza izitatimende ezibucayi ngeziphakamiso zikaDubois-Crancé eMkhandlwini. Ngo-1791 uCatherine Omkhulu wayala wonke umndeni ukuba ushiye iParis futhi ubuyele eMoscow, kodwa baqale bavakashela eRoma, lapho abazalwane badlalwa khona nguHugh Douglas Hamilton. 