ORLOV

Orlov

Orlov is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the second eldest was Catherine the Great's paramour, and the two junior were notable military commanders.

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