Vasily Petrovich Orlov

Deceased Person

1745 – 1801

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Who was Vasily Petrovich Orlov?

Vasily Petrovich Orlov, was a Russian Full General of Cavalry. Hero of Russo-Turkish Wars of and. Ataman of the Don Cossacks, received orders to command the Indian March of Paul in January 1801 from Emperor Paul I of Russia. His wife Daria Fedorovna, was a daughter of Ataman Count Fedor Petrovich Denisov and son of Vasily Petrovich Vasily Orlov-Denisov, a Don Cossacks General in honour of his grandfather Fedor Petrovich Denisov added his surname to his own, becoming count Orlov-Denisov on 26 April 1801.

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Born
1745
Russian Empire
Died
1801
Russian Empire

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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