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Orlov had a quick wit, a fairly accurate appreciation of current events, and was a useful and sympathetic counselor during the earlier portion of Catherine's reign. He entered with enthusiasm, from both patriotic and economic motives, into the question of the improvement of the condition of the
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Meanwhile, Orlov's enemies, led by Panin, were attempting to break up the relationship between Orlov and Catherine. They informed the empress that Orlov had seduced his 13-year-old relative. A handsome young officer,
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and installed Catherine as empress. For some years he was virtually co-ruler with her, but his repeated infidelities and the enmity of Catherine's other advisers led to his fall from power.
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after both witness him accidentally drown in the third season, growing estranged from his wife Georgina and lover Marial in favor of caring for Catherine and her and Peter's son
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To rekindle Catherine's affection, Grigory presented to her one of the greatest diamonds of the world, known ever since as the
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who would equally gain military and political prominence in Russia. Grigory Orlov was educated in the corps of
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June Head, Catherine: The Portrait of An Empress, Viking Press, New York, 1935, pp.312-13.
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at Saint Petersburg, Orlov found himself superseded in the empress's favor by the younger
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After the event, Empress Catherine raised him to the rank of count and made him
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starred as two separate fictionalised versions of Grigory Orlov in the
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of engineers, and general-in-chief. They had an illegitimate son,
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and their partial emancipation. He also led the investigation of
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In 1777, at the age of 43, he married his 18-year-old relative,
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Mistresses and minions of Russian emperors and empresses
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and gave them financial support. Honorary member of the
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it would be 6 October to 13 April of the same years.
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Grigory Grigorievich Orlov
Orlov
His Serene Highness
Prince

Fyodor Rokotov
Coat of arms

Count
Peter III
Bezhetsky Uyezd
Tver Governorate
Russian Empire
Moscow
Moscow Governorate
Yuriev Monastery
Russian
Kazan
Moscow
governorates
Ropsha
Gatchina
Lode Castle
Noble family
Orlov
Ekaterina Nikolaevna Zinovieva
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Order of St. Andrew
Order of St. Vladimir
Russian Empire

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