Even after the palace revolution of 1762, when the Orlovs became counts and got enormous fortune, he apparently refused any state career and titles and continued to live in Moscow and the Orlovs' estates.
Čak i nakon Dvorske revolucije iz 1762. godine, kad su Orlovi postali grofovi i postali miljenici sreće, on je navodno odbio bilo kakvu državnu karijeru i titulu i nastavio mirno živjeti u Moskvi i na imanjima Orlovljevih.