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