THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH

See also:

• ORLOV

ORLOV,

See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT (1741–1796)  , Russian general, first distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War . He participated with his elder brothers, Gregory and Alexis, in the coup d'etat of 1762, after which he was appointed chief procurator of the senate . During the first Turkish War of Catherine II. he served under Admiral Spiridov, and was one of the first to break through the Turkish line of battle at Cheshme . Subsequently, at Hydra, he put to flight eighteen Turkish vessels . These exploits were, by the order of Catherine, commemorated by a triumphal column, crowned with naval trophies, erected at Tsarskoe Selo . In 1775 he retired from the public service . Orlov was never married, but had five natural children, whom Catherine ennobled and legitimatized .