Count Semyon Zorich (1743–1799) was an

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n lieutenant-general and count of the

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, born in

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, who served Imperial Russia against the Prussians and Turks. A member of the Russian court, he was presented to Empress Catherine the Great by

Grigory Potemkin Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (, also , ;, rus, Князь Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, Knjaz' Grigórij Aleksándrovich Potjómkin-Tavrícheskij, ɡrʲɪˈɡ ...

and, after having been tested by

Praskovja Bruce Countess Praskovya Aleksandrovna Bruce (Прасковья Александровна Брюс; née Rumyantseva; 1729–1785) was a Russian lady-in-waiting and noble, confidant of Catherine the Great. Life {{unsourced, section, date=October 202 ...

and doctor Rogerson, became the Empress' lover. He was most influential in the commercial development of Shklov and

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General of the Russian Imperial Army Simeon Zoric, Генерал руске царске војске Симеон Зорић - Serbum magazine
* Semyon Zorich (Simeon Zorić) biography for English Wikipedia was adapted from the Serbian: http://www.ravnica.info/clanak.php?r=br-1517/General-Simeon-Zori%C4%87.html * Marie Tetzlaff (In Swedish) : ''Katarina den Stora'' (Catherine the Great) (1997) 1743 births 1799 deaths People from Žabalj Habsburg Serbs Habsburg Monarchy emigrants to the Russian Empire People from the Russian Empire of Serbian descent Imperial Russian Army generals 18th-century people from the Russian Empire 18th-century Serbian people Serbian expatriates in Russia Slavo-Serbia Lovers of Catherine the Great Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) {{Russia-mil-bio-stub