Military Youth
Artemy Volynsky was a male-line descendant of Prince Bobrok. His father was one of the dignitaries at the court of Feodor III, and also a voivod in Kazan. He entered a dragoon regiment in 1704 and rose to the rank of captain, by 1711; then, exchanging the military service for diplomacy, he was attached to the suite of Vice-Chancellor Peter Shafirov. He was present during the Pruth Campaign, shared Shafirov's captivity in the Seven Towers in Constantinople.
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