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ORLOV
ORLOV, See also:
COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)
COUNT (1741–1796) , See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

general, first distinguished himself in the Seven Years' See also:

War. He participated with his See also:

elder See also:

BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, See also:

Gregory and See also:

Alexis, in the coup d'etat of 1762, after which he was appointed See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

PROCURATOR (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

procurator of the See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate. During the first See also:

TURKISH

Turkish War of See also:

Catherine II. he served under See also:

ADMIRAL

Admiral Spiridov, and was one of the first to break through the Turkish See also:

LINE

line of See also:

BATTLE

battle at Cheshme. Subsequently, at See also:

Hydra, he put to See also:

FLIGHT

flight eighteen Turkish vessels. These exploits were, by the See also:

order of Catherine, commemorated by a triumphal See also:

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, crowned with See also:

NAVAL

naval trophies, erected at Tsarskoe Selo. In 1775 he retired from the public service. Orlov was never married, but had five natural See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, whom Catherine ennobled and legitimatized.

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