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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grigory Orlov has received more than 1,060,338 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Grigory Orlov is the 2,373rd most popular politician (up from 3,036th in 2019).

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, Grigory Orlov ranks 2,373 out of 15,577Before him are Marie José of Belgium, Siptah, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Empress Genmei, Unas, and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina. After him are Lyudmila Putina, Sancho III of Pamplona, Alboin, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Emperor Gaozong of Song, and Eric I of Denmark.

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Among people born in 1734, Grigory Orlov ranks 3Before him are Franz Mesmer and Maria I of Portugal. After him are Cardinal de Rohan, Taksin, François-Joseph Gossec, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Shahrokh Shah. Among people deceased in 1783, Grigory Orlov ranks 3Before him are Leonhard Euler and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. After him are Johann Adolph Hasse, Étienne Bézout, Antonio Soler, Yosa Buson, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Benedict Joseph Labre, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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