Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov
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Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov | |
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| Born | Алексей Фёдорович Орлов 30 October 1787 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 June 1862 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Offices | Russian Ambasador to Constantinople |
| Noble family | Orlov |
| Spouse(s) | Olga Alexandrovna Orlova |
| Issue | Nikolay Alexeyevich Orlov Anna Alexeevna Orlova |
| Father | Fyodor Grigoryevich Orlov |
| Mother | Elizaveta Mikhailovna Gusyatnikova |
lieutenant-general.[2]
At this time his diplomatic career began. He served as the Russian plenipotentiary at the
Third Section
(secret police).
In 1854 he travelled to
Imperial Council of State and of the Council of Ministers. In 1857, during the absence of Emperor Alexander II, he presided over the commission formed to consider the question of the emancipation of the serfs, to which he was altogether hostile.[2]
He died in Saint Petersburg.
In popular culture
Orlov was the subject of a satirical verse by Alexander Pushkin, alleging that Orlov's mistress, the dancer Istomina, could see his penis only through a microscope.[3]
References
- ^ Orlov, Prince Alexey Fedorovich // St. Petersburg necropolis / Comp. V. I. Saitov . - St. Petersburg. : Printing house of M. M. Stasyulevich , 1912. - T. 3 (M-R). — P. 320.
- ^ a b c Bain 1911.
- ^ Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Romanovs 1613–1918, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2016, p 327
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Orlov s.v. Alexis Fedorovich Orlov, Prince". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 293.
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