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Vasily Petrovich Orlov

Vasily Petrovich Orlov

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Vasily Petrovich Orlov (Russian: Василий Петрович Орлов) was a Russian Full General of Cavalry. Hero of Russo-Turkish Wars of 1768–1774 and 1787–1792, particularly the storming of Izmail.[1] 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.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Russian Biographical Dictionary
  2. [2]
    Raja, Sohail (2018). "Milieu of the Great Game". Stratagem. 1 (2): 45–56. ISSN 2617-0590.
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