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Orlov, Aleksey Grigoryevich, Count — ▪ Russian count born Oct. 5 [Sept. 24, Old Style], 1737, Lyutkino, Tver province, Russia died Jan. 5, 1808, [Dec. 24, 1807], Moscow military officer who played a prominent role in the coup d état that placed Catherine II the Great on the… … Universalium
Orlov, Grigory (Grigoryevich), Count — born Oct. 17, 1734, Lyutkino, Tver Province, Russia died April 24, 1783, Neskuchnoye, near Moscow Russian military officer and lover of Catherine II. An artillery officer, he fought in the Seven Years War. While stationed in St. Petersburg, he… … Universalium
Orlov, Grigory Grigoryevich, Graf — ▪ Russian military officer born Oct. 17 [Oct. 6, Old Style], 1734, Lyutkino, Tver Province, Russia died April 24 [April 13], 1783, Neskuchnoye, near Moscow military officer and lover of Catherine II, empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. He… … Universalium
count — count1 /kownt/, v.t. 1. to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten. 2. to reckon up; calculate; compute. 3. to list or name … Universalium
Orlov, Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince — ▪ Russian prince born Oct. 8 [Oct. 19, New Style], 1786, Moscow, Russia died May 9 [May 21], 1861, St. Petersburg military officer and statesman who was an influential adviser to the Russian emperors Nicholas I (reigned 1825–55) and… … Universalium
Grigoryevich — (as used in expressions) Belinsky Vissarion Grigoryevich Ehrenburg Ilya Grigoryevich Orlov Aleksey Grigoryevich Count Orlov Grigory Grigoryevich Count Rubinstein Anton Grigoryevich Yagoda Genrikh Grigoryevich * * * … Universalium
Aleksey — (as used in expressions) Aleksey Mikhaylovich Arakcheyev Aleksey Andreyevich Count Brusilov Aleksey Alekseyevich Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov Kosygin Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin Aleksey Nikolayevich Leonov Aleksey Arkhipovich Orlov Aleksey… … Universalium
Orlov, Fyodor Grigoryevich, Graf — ▪ Russian count born Feb. 19 [Feb. 8, Old Style], 1741, Lyutkino, Tver Province, Russia died May 28 [May 17], 1796, Moscow Russian army officer and statesman, the younger brother of Grigory and Aleksey Orlov. He participated in the… … Universalium
Orlov — For other uses, see Orlov (disambiguation). Count Grigory Orlov, by Fyodor Rokotov Orlov (Russian: Орлóв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained… … Wikipedia
Orlov Revolt — Battle of Chios (Chesma), by Ivan Aivazovsky (1848) The Orlov Revolt (1770) was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence (1821), which saw a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese at the instigation of Count Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval… … Wikipedia
