Career
He was the elder brother of Mikhaïl Kretchetnikov. He was made a colonel in 1764 and in 1769 he entered the Imperial Russian Army at the head of troops sent against the armies of a Polish uprising. He was also accused of fraud in resupplying his troops and was dismissed in 1771.
From 1771 to 1775 he was governor of the city of Astrakhan.
