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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grigory Orlov has received more than 1,137,621 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Grigory Orlov is the 3,601st most popular politician (down from 2,365th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Russia and the 106th 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 3,601 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Ningzong, Adad-nirari II, Wang Yi, Ferdinand II of Naples, Jahan Shah, and Liutprand of Cremona. After him are Sobhuza II, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Mohammad Najibullah, Benny Gantz, Bahram II, and Albert I, Duke of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Grigory Orlov ranks 9. Before him are Taksin, François-Joseph Gossec, Sophie of France, Cardinal de Rohan, Anna Göldi, and Wolfgang von Kempelen. After him are Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, Shahrokh Shah, George Romney, and Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. Among people deceased in 1783, Grigory Orlov ranks 5. Before him are Leonhard Euler, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Étienne Bézout, and Johann Adolph Hasse. After him are Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Yosa Buson, Antonio Soler, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Johann Kirnberger, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Benedict Joseph Labre.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grigory Orlov ranks 349 out of 3,761. Before him are Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), The French Angel (1903), Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), Alfred Schnittke (1934), and Otto Nicolai (1810). After him are Valentin Serov (1865), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), and Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Grigory Orlov ranks 106. Before him are Natalya Naryshkina (1651), Yury of Moscow (1281), Simeon of Moscow (1316), Vasily Blokhin (1895), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), and Anna Dostoevskaya (1846). After him are Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), Ivan Silayev (1930), Mengu-Timur (1235), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), and Chung Il-kwon (1917).

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