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Also Known As Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Born October 17, 1734 • Russia
Died April 24, 1783 (aged 48) • near Moscow • Russia

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Grigory Potemkin
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Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
Russian prince
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Scottish mercenary
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Vladimir Putin
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Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Mikhail Mikhaylovich, Count Speransky
Russian statesman
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Russian military officer
alexander nevsky, saint
Saint Alexander Nevsky
prince of Russia
Mystic with ties to the throne
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
Russian statesman
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
Mikhail Kutuzov
Russian military commander
Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
tsar of Russia
Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Tolstoy
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Ordyn-Nashchokin, Afanasy Lavrentyevich
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