A ranar 15 ga Fabrairun 1761, ya shiga cikin Sojojin ruwan Rasha a Saint Petersburg. Bayan horo, ya yi aiki a kan jirgin ruwa a cikin Baltic Fleet. A shekara ta 1768 an tura shi zuwa Don Flotilla (Azov Sea Navy) a Taganrog, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Russo-Turkish War (1768<unk>74). Ya umurci Catherine II na yacht, kuma daga baya ya kare jiragen ruwa na Rasha a cikin Bahar Rum daga hare-haren jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya. Tambaya: A ina ya yi aiki bayan horo?
a kan jirgin ruwa a cikin Baltic Fleet