 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akabatanidzwa muCrimean1687, 1689 uye hondo dzeAzov 16951696 dzaPeter Mukuru vachipesana neOttoman Empire panguva yeRusso-Turkish War. Mukati meHondo Huru yokuchamhembe Bruce akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wezvombo. Akanga achibatanidzwa mukumutsiridzwa kwezvombo zveRussia, izvo zvakanga zvarasikirwa nemauto eSweden pamwe nemutungamiriri wayo, Prince Alexander weImereti kuNarva muna 1700. Akanga ari mutungamiri wezvombo zvehondo muHondo yePoltava 1709, iyo yakaitwa knight of the Order of St Andrew. Muna 1721, akava mumwe wevatongi vokutanga vokuRussia. 