Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ivan Gurieli akanyoresa muuto reRussia muna 1780 uye akagamuchira chinzvimbo chepraporshchik muna 1786. Akatora rutivi muHondo yeRusso-Turkish (1787<unk>92) uye
Hondo yePoland (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 chikamu muhondo dzeTarutino, Vyazma (1812), Bautzen neLeipzig (1813). Mukati meHondo yeParis (1814), ndiye akanga ari wokutanga wevatungamiri vakabatana kuti varwise Montmartre Heights. Kubvira muna 1816, Gurielov akashanda semutungamiriri we27th Division.