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    Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great...
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    commanders. Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783), who created for his family such an illustrious Russian history, was the son of Gregory Orlov, governor...
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    September] 1737; the son of Grigory Ivanovich Orlov, governor of Novgorod, and brother of Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov. He entered the Preobrazhensky Regiment...
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    Catherine often relied on her noble favourites, most notably Count Grigory Orlov and Grigory Potemkin. Assisted by highly successful generals such as Alexander...
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    Ekaterina Orlova (courtier) (category Orlov family)
    Catherine the Great from 1773–1777, and in 1777 married her cousin Grigory Orlov, a favourite of Catherine II. Ekaterina was born to Major General Nikolai...
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    "drinking, gambling, and promiscuous lovemaking", and he fell deep in debt. Grigory Orlov, one of Catherine's lovers, led a palace coup in June 1762 that ousted...
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  • Kevin R. McNally as Alexei Orlov, a Russian statesman and later Catherine's Minister of War Richard Roxburgh as Grigory Orlov, a former lover of Catherine's...
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    ensemble cast as Grigory "Grigor" Dymov, a composite character of Catherine the Great's historical lovers Grigory Orlov and Grigory Potemkin, and a childhood...
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  • Catherine is looking for a way to legally marry her longtime favorite Grigory Orlov and legitimize their common son Alexey, to make him heir to the throne...
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    Bobrinsky (1762–1813), who was Catherine the Great's natural son by Count Grigory Orlov. Empress Catherine II gave birth to her only official illegitimate son...
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    (before coronation). Possibly father of the Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna. Grigory Orlov — lover since 1759/1760, official favourite in 1762–1772. Father of...
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    stability of Russia. In the spring of 1762, conspiring with her lover Grigory Orlov and others in the court and military, Catherine began plotting to overthrow...
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  • Lakhta (hence the name). It was formerly owned by Peter the Great, Count Grigory Orlov, and Count Stenbock-Fermor (whose 19th-century residence survives)....
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  • historical counterparts. Count Orlo's name suggests the historical Prince Grigory Orlov, who as in the series played a key role in Catherine's coup, had a love...
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    solidify her own position and strengthen her support. For example, Grigory Orlov, an artillery officer from St. Petersburg; helped the queen in the coup...
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    miniature gold replica of the Gatchina Palace that was built for Count Grigory Orlov and was later acquired by Tsar Paul I. It is one of two Imperial Easter...
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    miniseries The Pool Narrator TV series, 1 episode Catherine the Great Grigory Orlov TV miniseries Lovestruck Nigel Valentine TV film 2020 The Crown Bob...
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    (Elizabeth Tarakanova) was arrested in Livorno, Tuscany by Aleksei Grigoryevich Orlov and returned to Russia in February 1775. She was then imprisoned in the...
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    constantly try to sleep with her. Also, his jealousy of the influence which Grigory Orlov and his brothers seemed likely to obtain over the new empress predisposed...
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    acted on behalf of Count Grigory Grigorievich Orlov. The Count paid a purported 1.4 million Dutch florins for it. Count Orlov had been romantically involved...
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    marriage, overthrew her unpopular husband, with the aid of her lover, Grigory Orlov. She reigned as Catherine the Great. Catherine's son, Paul I, who succeeded...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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  • Bestuzhev-Ryumin Ilya Noskov as Count Sergei Saltykov Pavel Trubiner as Grigory Orlov Mark Bogatyrev as Vasily Zalessky Roman Madyanov as Alexander Shuvalov...
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    school in Saint Petersburg, then served as the Adjutant to General Grigory Orlov. In 1772, when the General was discharged, at his own request, for health...
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  • Georgian communist Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783), Russian military commander and diplomat, lover of Catherine the Great Grigory Ostrovsky (1756–1814)...
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    the bedchamber on 1 August 1772. When Catherine's then-lover Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov left court, Catherine was informed about his adultery, and 12...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796 Grigory Orlov Alexander Vasilchikov Grigory Potemkin Pyotr Zavadovsky Semyon Zorich Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov...
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    palace was built as a gift from Empress Catherine the Great for Count Grigory Orlov, her favourite and the most powerful Russian nobleman of the 1760s....
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