Imperial Russia hired him when the American Congress ignored his work in the Revolution. He served with distinction as a Russian Admiral and was awarded the medal of St. Anne. What he was most proud of was the respect he won from the Cossack People he was in league with in the war on the Turks. Russia won the war. Putin should name a new frigate “Admiral John Paul Jones.”
Interestingly, the US Navy did not have an admiral until 1862.