Count Vasily Vasilyevich Orlov-Denisov (8 September 1775 – 24 January 1843) was a Cossack Russian general. He was the son of
Vasily Petrovich Orlov
Vasily Petrovich Orlov (russian: Орло́в, Васи́лий Петро́вич), was a Russian Full General of Cavalry. Hero of Russo-Turkish Wars of (1768–1774) and (1787–1792). Ataman of the Don Cossacks, received orders to command ...
,
Ataman
Ataman (variants: ''otaman'', ''wataman'', ''vataman''; Russian: атаман, uk, отаман) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military command ...
of the
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До ...
, and grandson (on his mother's side) of the first Earl of the Cossacks, General of Cavalry,
Fedor Petrovich Denisov
Fyodor, Fedor (russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian form of the name "Theodore" meaning “God’s Gift”. Fedora () is the feminine form. Fyodor and Fedor are two English transliterations of the same Russian name.
It may refer to:
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. In honour of his grandfather he added his surname to his own, becoming Orlov-Denisov on 26 April 1801.
He is depicted in
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...
's novel ''
War and Peace
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''.
References
External links
The Dictionary of Russian Generals in Napoleonic Wars
1775 births
1843 deaths
Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Don Cossacks
Russian nobility
Cavalry commanders
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