April 24, 1783(1783-04-24) (aged 48) Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Buried
Yuriev Monastery
Nationality
Russian
Residence
List of residences:
– Estates in Kazan and Moscow governorates – Ropsha manor (since 1764) – Gatchina manor with villages (since 1765) – Lode Castle (since 1771)
Noble family
Orlov
Issue
Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky
Personal details
Spouse
Ekaterina Nikolaevna Zinovieva
Parents
Grigory Ivanovich Orlov (father)
Lukerya Ivanovna Zinovieva (mother)
Occupation
Statesman
Military leader
Patron
Awards
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1762) Order of St. Andrew (1763) Order of St. Vladimir 1st class (1782)
Military service
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Branch/service
• Imperial Army
Years of service
1749 – 1783
Rank
General-in-chief
Commands
Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment Life Guard Horse Regiment
Battles/wars
Battle of Zorndorf (Seven Years' War)
А. I. Chorny (Chernov). Portrait of Count G. G. Orlov. Hermitage Museum
Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783[a]) 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.[1]
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. (Orlov's collection has been preserved almost completely; it is now in the State Museum-Reserve "Gatchina" of the eponymous city). A large landowner, particularly of the Gatchina manor, where Orlov commissioned the construction of a palace and a landscape garden.[1]
He became a leader of the 1762 coup which overthrew Catherine's husband Peter III of Russia 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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