Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov

Alexei Orlov

Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov , since 1770 Alexei Grigorievich Orlov Tschesmenski , (* September 24 ^jul. / 5. October 1737 ^greg. In Lyublino , Tver province , † December 24, 1807 ^jul. / 5. January 1808 ^greg. In Moscow ) was a Russian officer.

Life

Alexei Orlov came from the noble family Orlov and was the brother of Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov . Distinguished by his gigantic figure and enormous strength, he played the boldest role of all his brothers in the throne revolution of 1762. He fetched Catherine II from Peterhof , proclaimed her empress, and strangled the dethroned Peter III with his own hands . in Ropscha , for which he was appointed lieutenant general and, in 1764, chamberlain and president of the tutel office.

In 1768 Orlov was appointed admiral of the entire Russian fleet in the Greek archipelago and in 1769 commanded a fleet of 14 warships at the beginning of the Orlov revolt against the Ottoman Empire. His brilliant victory in the sea battle of Çeşme in early July 1770 earned him the nickname Tschesmenskoi . After the war was over, he was promoted to commander in chief and received significant donations. In 1775 he was supposed to kidnap Yelisaveta Alexejewna Tarakanova to Russia on the orders of Catherine II , as she played herself as the Russian pretender to the throne in Western Europe. Orlov carried out his mission successfully, and Tarakanova died that same year in a dungeon at the Peter and Paul Fortress . Tsar Paul I took revenge on Orlov and Baryatinsky, the only surviving comrade in the murder, by taking part in the ceremonial collection of the corpse of Peter III. from the Alexander Nevsky monastery had to carry the towel and were then ordered to go on a journey.

He became famous as a breeder of horses, so the Orlov trotter breed was named after him

Orlov was z. Sometimes also called "the scar face".

Orlov went to Germany and only returned to Moscow after Paul's death, where he died on January 5, 1808.

literature

The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 2, page 293

Web links

Remarks

↑ Elizabeth II, the wrong one . In: Jean-François Chiappe (ed.): The famous women of the world from AZ . German edition, p. 91f.

personal data
SURNAME	Orlov, Alexei Grigoryevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Orlow, Alexej Grigoryevich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian admiral
DATE OF BIRTH	October 5, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ljublino , Tver Governorate
DATE OF DEATH	January 5, 1808
Place of death	Moscow

[1] Elizabeth II, the wrong one . In: Jean-François Chiappe (ed.): The famous women of the world from AZ . German edition, p. 91f.