 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ivan Gurieli akanyoresa muuto reRussia muna 1780 uye akagamuchira chinzvimbo chepraporshchik muna 1786. Akatora chikamu muRusso-Turkish War 1787-92 uye muPoland mushandirapamwe 1794. Akakwidziridzwa kuva colonel musi waJune 25, 1799, uye kuva mukuru mukuru musi waMay 16, 1803. Akashanda semutungamiri weVolinsky musketeer regiment 1803-05 uye mutungamiri weVilno zvino Vilnius, Lithuania 1808-12. Munguva yekupinda kwaNapoleon muRussia 1812, akatungamira Yekaterinburgsky Infantry Regiment uyezve 1st Brigade mukati me23rd Infantry Division uye akatora kutungamira kwechikamu chimwe chete ichi mushure meHondo yeBorodino. Akatora rutivi muhondo dzeTarutino, VyazmaBautzen naLeipzig 1813. Mukati meHondo yeParis 1814, ndiye akanga ari wokutanga wevatungamiri vakabatana kuti varwise Montmartre Heights. Kubvira muna 1816, Gurielov akashanda semutungamiriri we27th Division. 