Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 1796 i whawhai ia ki te pakanga Pirihi i raro i te whakahau a Valerian Zubov i te upoko o te roopu Cossack. I tana hokinga mai i Pahia, i tukuna ia ki te Strarodubov Cuirassier Regiment. I eke ia ki te koromatua i te tau 1798 engari i wehe ia i te ope taua tau ano na te mate. I te tau e whai ake nei ka hoki mai ia ki te Rōpū Strarodubov i raro i te whakahau a Alexander Rimski-Korsakov i tana wehenga ki Switzerland me te Pakanga o te Tuarua o te Rōpū. I whara ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o Zurich
I eke ia ki te tūranga rangatira me te rangatira o te Riazan Cuirassier Regiment. I te tau 1800 i whakakorehia te rerenga engari i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te tika ki te mau tonu i tana kakahu.