 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zmajević akabudirira zvikuru muhondo dzegungwa neSweden, iyo Russia yakarwisa Hondo Huru yekuchamhembe yekukunda pamusoro peGungwa reBaltic. Akatora magwa manomwe maduku eSweden muhondo ya1714 yeGangut, uye ngarava dzake dzakarwa nemauto maduku eSweden paGrengammuna 1720, muhondo yokupedzisira yegungwa yeGreat Northern War. Somugumisiro wokukunda kwaZmajević, Peter Mukuru akatumira vamwe vevakuru vake vaduku boyars kuguta rePerast muBoka kuitira kuti vadzidze sayenzi yegungwa ikoko. Akazokwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto uye akapiwa basa rokuvaka ngarava dzomurwizi rweDon. Muna 1725, akapiwa rukudzo rwokutakura korona yamambo pamariro aPeter Mukuru. Mutsivi waTsar, Catherine I weRussia, akashongedza Zmajević neOrder yaAlexander Nevsky, uye muna 1727 akapihwa chinzvimbo chepamusoro chemukuru wemauto. 