Proper noun
Orlov (plural Orlovs)
A surname from Russian.
Catherine saw Orlov as very useful, and he became instrumental in the 28 June 1762 coup d’état against her husband, but she preferred to remain the Dowager Empress of Russia, rather than marrying anyone. Source: Internet
The outstanding Russian physicist Yuri Orlov, who has died aged 96, became one of the bravest champions of human rights in the final period of the Soviet Union. Source: Internet
Throughout, Orlov makes use of Jewish pseudepigraphical materials in Slavonic that are not widely known. Source: Internet
On 19 August 1915, after an unsuccessful attempt to discredit Rasputin and the Tsarina in a newspaper, Prince Vladimir Orlov and Vladimir Dzhunkovsky were discharged from their posts. Source: Internet
The Empress Catherine dispatched Alexey Orlov to Italy, where he captured Tarakanova in Livorno. Source: Internet
"Did Orlov buy the Orlov", Gems and Jewellery, July 2014, pp. 10–12. Source: Internet