Giorgio Giovanni Zuccato dating history

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Giorgio Giovanni Zuccato (in Russian: Егор Гаврилович Цукато/Yegor Gavrilovich Zuccato; 27 September 1761 in Parenzo – 25 August 1810 in Gogoșu) was a naturalized Russian Italian general, in the service of the Russian Imperial Army during the French Revolutionary Wars, particularly distinguished under the orders of the general Alexander Suvorov during the campaigns in Italy and Switzerland in 1799. In June 1810 Count Nikolay Kamensky entrusted him with the task of helping the anti-Turkish revolt in Serbia led by Karađorđe Petrović, which he did brilliantly starting from 5 June of the same year, conquering the redoubts of Dudu and Brza Palanka, he besieged Kladovo and Prahovo, and conquered Brza Palanka by opening a corridor of direct communication between Little Wallachia and Serbia, and for this, he was awarded the Order of St. Anne first-class (14 July).