In 1802, serving as a regimental adjutant, he was implicated in the story of Lieutenant Alexei Shubin, who fabricated a conspiracy against the emperor that he had allegedly revealed in order to curry favor.

For his distinction in the battle near Konigsvart on September 15, 1813, he was promoted to major general and was appointed brigade commander from the Apsheron and Nasheburg regiments.

In 1813, he fought at the siege of the fortress of Thorn, in the Battle of Leipzig, for which he received the Order of Saint Anna, 1st class.

In 1814, he participated in the battles of Brienne, La Rothière, and Champaubert, where he was wounded and taken prisoner by the French together with his corps commander General Zakhar Olsufiev.

The officers and soldiers of the Nasheburgsky regiment, according to the memoirs of a contemporary, wept at parting with Poltoratsky, he deserved so much love and disposition of his subordinates.

On February 18, 1835, he received the rank of lieutenant general and was renamed as the Yaroslavl Military Governor with civilian control.

In general, few people regretted the death of Mrs. Poltoratskaya because of her despotic character, which completely obscured her good qualities in her.