<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uDragomirov wangena ebuthweni labagibeli bamasosha ngo-1849, waba nguthishanhloko wesibili ngo-1852 futhi waba nguthishanhloko ngo-1854. Ngonyaka wokugcina wakhethwa ukuba afunde eNicholas Academy ikolishi labasebenzi, futhi lapha wazibonakalisa kakhulu kangangokuthi wathola indondo yegolide, udumo, ngokusho kwalo, olwanikezwa umfundi wasesikoleni kabili kuphela ngekhulu le - 19. Ngo-1856, uDragomirov wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni wezikhulu futhi ngo-1858 waba ngukaputeni ophelele, wathunyelwa ngonyaka wokugcina ukuyofunda izindlela zempi ezazithandwa kwamanye amazwe. Wavakashela eFrance, eNgilandi, naseBelgium, futhi wabhala imibiko eminingi ngamakamu okuqeqeshwa nawokuzivocavoca ala mazwe eChalons, e-Aldershot, naseBeverloo. Ngo-1859, waboshelwa ekomkhulu leNkosi yaseSardinia uVictor Emmanuel II ngesikhathi somkhankaso waseMagenta  <response>: noSolferino, futhi ngokushesha nje lapho ebuyela eRussia wathunyelwa e-Nicholas Academy njengoprofesa wezamasu. UDragomirov wadlala indima enkulu ekuhlelweni kabusha kohlelo lwezemfundo lwamasosha, futhi wasebenza futhi njengomfundisi wezikhulu eziningana zomndeni wasebukhosini. Lesi sikhundla wasigcina kwaze kwaba ngo-1863, lapho, njengelungu le-lieutenant colonel, wabamba iqhaza ekucindezelweni kokuvukela kwasePoland ngo-1863-1864, wabuyela eSt. Petersburg ngonyaka wokugcina njengekholonili kanye nomphathi wabasebenzi komunye wemikhakha ye-Guard. Ngesikhathi seMpi yase-Austro-Prussian yango-1866, uDragomirov wabelwa ekomkhulu lebutho lesibili lasePrussia. Wayekhona empini yase-Upper Elbe naseKöniggrätz, futhi ukuphawula kwakhe ngemisebenzi ayibona kunenani elikhulu kakhulu kumfundi wamasu nempi ka-1866. 