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About Grigory Orlov
Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov was a Russian general and patron of arts who was Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772) and a favourite of Empress Catherine the Great. He was a leader of the 1762 coup which overthrew Catherine's husband Peter III and installed Catherine as reigning 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.
Everything about Grigory Orlov →- Occupation
- diplomat, land owner, politician, military personnel
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- October 6, 1734
- Died
- April 13, 1783