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Grigory Orlov

1734 - 1783

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Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in-Chief. He patronised M. V. Lomonosov, D. I. Fonvisin, V. I. Bazhenov and gave them financial support. Honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (since 1765). He collected paintings (including Rembrandt, P. P. Rubens, Titian), sculpture, Chinese, Japanese and Russian porcelain, hunting weapons, etc. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grigory Orlov is the 5,942nd most popular politician (down from 3,601st in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Russia (down from 349th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Russian Politician.

Grigory Orlov is most famous for being one of the four Russian generals who helped Catherine the Great overthrow her husband, Peter III.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Grigory Orlov ranks 5,942 out of 19,576. Before him are Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Roger Ducos, Ewelina Hańska, and Anna of Savoy. After him are Hubert Humphrey, Hashim al-Atassi, Árpád Göncz, Marino Faliero, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, and Infante Carlos of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Grigory Orlov ranks 11. Before him are François-Joseph Gossec, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Cardinal de Rohan, and Charles Alexandre de Calonne. After him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, Ueda Akinari, Anton Janša, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, and Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. Among people deceased in 1783, Grigory Orlov ranks 10. Before him are Johann Adolph Hasse, Étienne Bézout, Yosa Buson, Antonio Soler, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, and Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Johann Kirnberger, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Benedict Joseph Labre, Christian Mayer, and Gerhard Friedrich Müller.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grigory Orlov ranks 517 out of 3,761. Before him are P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Vasily Shukshin (1929), Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), Igor Ivanov (1945), Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850), and Afanasy Nikitin (1500). After him are Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Olga Knipper (1868), Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Grigory Orlov ranks 152. Before him are Sheikh Mansur (1750), Otto Braun (1872), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Hadji Murad (1795), Igor Ivanov (1945), and Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850). After him are Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), Chaim Rumkowski (1877), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), and Mikhail Fradkov (1950).

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