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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 of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in-Chief.
Apr 20, 2024 · Grigory Orlov, military officer and lover of Catherine the Great, empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. He organized the coup d’etat that placed Catherine on the Russian throne and subsequently was her close adviser. Learn more about Orlov’s life and political career in this article.
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May 15, 2020 · Aided by her lover Grigory Orlov and his powerful family, she staged a coup just six months after her husband took the throne. The bloodless shift in power was so easily accomplished that...
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Nov 19, 2021 · Six months after he ascended the throne, Catherine mounted a coup with the help of her lover Grigory Orlov, leading 14,000 soldiers on horseback to the Winter Palace and unseating her husband....
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May 5, 2024 · Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov (more) The empress Elizabeth died on December 25, 1761 (January 5, 1762, New Style), while Russia, allied with Austria and France, was engaged in the Seven Years’ War against Prussia.
Grigory Orlov, the grandson of a rebel in the Streltsy uprising (1698) against Peter the Great, distinguished himself in the Battle of Zorndorf (25 August 1758), receiving three wounds. He represented an opposite to Peter's pro-Prussian sentiment, with which Catherine disagreed.
Feb 24, 2021 · 1. Grigory Orlov. One of Catherine’s most famous lovers, Grigory Orlov was a leading figure in the fateful coup of 1762. The pair had been lovers since 1760, when after returning from the Seven Years War, Orlov’s boisterous presence at court caught the attention of the then-Grand Duchess.
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