<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Dragomirov akapinda muuto revarwi vevarwi muna 1849, akava lieutenant wechipiri muna 1852 uye lieutenant muna 1854. Mugore rokupedzisira akasarudzwa kuti adzidze paNicholas Academy chikoro chevashandi, uye pano akazviratidza zvikuru zvokuti akagamuchira menduru yegoridhe, rukudzo urwo, runotaurwa, rwakapiwa mudzidzi wechikoro kaviri bedzi muzana ramakore rechi 19. Muna 1856, Dragomirov akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni-wevashandi uye muna 1858 kuva kaputeni akazara, achitumirwa mugore rokupedzisira kuti adzidze nzira dzechiuto dzaizivikanwa mune dzimwe nyika. Akashanyira France, England, neBelgium, uye akanyora mishumo yakawanda pamisasa yokudzidzisa nokufambisa yenyika idzi paChâlons, Aldershot, neBeverloo. Muna 1859, akabatanidzwa kumuzinda waMambo weSardinia Victor Emmanuel II panguva yemushandirapamwe we  <response>: Magenta naSolferino, uye pakarepo pakudzokera kwake kuRussia akatumirwa kuNicholas Academy somupurofesa wezvirongwa. Dragomirov akatamba chinzvimbo chinotungamira mukudzokororwa kwehurongwa hwedzidzo hweuto, uye akashandawo semurairidzi kumadzishe akati wandei emhuri yeumambo. Iyi posvo akaibata kusvikira 1863, apo, semutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto, akatora chikamu mukudzvinyirirwa kwekumukira kwePoland kwa1863-1864, achidzokera kuSt. Petersburg mugore rekupedzisira semukuru wemauto uye mukuru wevashandi kune rimwe remapoka evarindi. Munguva yeHondo yeAustria-Prussian ya1866, Dragomirov akabatanidzwa kumuzinda wechipiri wePrussian army. Akanga aripo mukurwisana paElbe yokumusoro uye paKöniggrätz, uye tsinhiro dzake pamabasa ayo akaona dzinokosha zvikurusa kumudzidzi wemazano nehondo ya 1866. 