He received his primary education at home, and then was brought up in the boarding house of Johann Mathias Schaden in the city of Moscow.

[2] Bravely fought in the wars of the third and fourth coalitions; was wounded and marked by the shoulder straps of the colonel (11 August 1809).

In retribution of zealous service and distinction rendered in the battle against the French troops of 1812 on 26 August at p. Borodin, where, commanding the Rylsky Infantry Regiment and setting an example of excellent courage, he helped to line up under the most severe card shots and, with such courageous, undaunted action, stopped the enemy's desire."

408 “In retribution of the excellent courage shown in the battles against the Turks during the siege and capture of the fortress of Varna in 1828.

When the embezzlement of 1 million rubles was revealed by the director of the Office of the Committee on the Wounded, A. G. Politkovsky, Ushakov was determined to be in the army, deprived of the rank of adjutant general, arrested and put on trial "for unrest, inaction of the authorities and the assumption of important state damage."