 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Bulgarin akaberekerwa mumhuri yechiPolish yakakurumbira pedyo neMinsk, Belarus ipapo Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Baba vake, mumwe weshamwari dzaKosciuszko, vakaendeswa kuSiberia nokuti vakanga vauraya mukuru mukuru weRussia. Bulgarin akadzidza pachikoro chechiuto cheSt. Petersburg, akatora rutivi muHondo yeFriedlandasi akasungwa nokuda kwokuba nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Apo chikwata chake chakanga chichigara muFinland, Bulgarin akatiza kuenda kuWarsaw, asi munzira akanzi aende kuGrande Armée. Akarwa pasi pemireza yaNapoleon muHondo yePeninsular uye mushandirapamwe we1812 weLithuania. Muna 1812 Bulgarin akabatwa musungwa muHondo yeBerezina ndokuendeswa kuPrussia. Pane kupera kwemakore matanhatu mubhuku rake roupenyu pashure paikoko. 