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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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6 days ago · Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov, portrait by Vigilius Eriksen; in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. (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.
It was easy for Catherine, with the help of the senators, high officials, and officers of the guard regiments (led by her lover Grigory Orlov and his brothers), to overthrow Peter on June 28 (July 9, New Style), 1762. Thus began the long and important reign of Catherine II, whom her admiring contemporaries named “the Great.”
Apr 22, 2024 · The Demidovs built the Alexandria Palace; the Orlovs erected the Bath House on the shore of the pond and the Summer House with columns, where, according to legend, Grigory Orlov secretly met with Catherine the Great.
May 4, 2024 · Grigory Orlov and Grigory Potemkin; Photos: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. Catherine was ‘broken’ when partner Grigory Potemkin died. Ironically, it was the day that Orlov helped overthrow her husband that Catherine ended up meeting the man who would become her greatest lover.
Apr 15, 2024 · Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov in court. Sergei Karpukhin / TASS. The Russian human rights group Memorial said Monday that its co-founder Oleg Orlov was transferred to a detention...
Orlov was responsible for the ‘logistics’ of the Red Army advance: sabotage and espionage behind the Polish lines. Along with his later brief stints as a lower-level secret police officer in northern Russia and an assistant criminal prosecutor, the Polish campaign became his ticket to the Bolshevik secret service.
