On October 9, 1778, he submitted a report on the transfer to the Arkhangelsk Infantry Regiment, but in 1790 he retired with the rank of second major.
He lived in Saint Petersburg, brought his estates (1100 souls of peasants) to an upset state (in 1798 it was taken away for debt).
On the recommendation of the same Elagin, he was consecrated to the degree of a master freemason in the Urania Lodge, of which Alexander Radishchev was a member at the same time.
Despite the brevity of the presentation, the facts communicated by him, especially concerning the state of trade and industry, the spread of latrines and handicrafts, are of great historical significance.
He was buried at the Lazarevskoe Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg (now the first section of the 18th century Necropolis).