elizabeth of russia became the new monarch in 1741. gannibal became a prominent member of her court, rose to the rank of major-general, and became superintendent of reval (now tallinn, estonia), a position he held from 1742 to 1752. a letter signed on 22 march 1744 by "a. ganibal" is held at the tallinn city archives. in 1742, the empress elizabeth gave him the mikhailovskoye estate in pskov oblast with hundreds of serfs. he retired to this estate in 1762.