Prince Vladimir Nikolayevich Orlov ( 1868 - 1927 , Paris ) - Lieutenant General of the Orlov family, head of the Military Campaign Office of Emperor Nicholas II .
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| Affiliation |  Russian empire | |||||||
| Years of service | 1887-1917 | |||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | |||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 family
- 3 Awards
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Biography
Born in Brussels [1] . The son of a general from the cavalry , adjutant general , ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary minister in Brussels , Paris and Berlin, Prince Nikolai Alekseevich Orlov (1827-1885) and Princess Ekaterina Nikolaevna Trubetskoy (1840-1875). Brother of Major General Alexei Nikolayevich Orlov .
In 1887 he entered the junior special class of the Page Corps , from which he was released in 1889 as a cornet in the Life Guards Horse Regiment .
Ranks: lieutenant (1893), staff captain (1899), captain (1901), colonel (1904), major general (1909, enlisted in the retinue ), lieutenant general (1915). The first retinue rank of the adjutant wing was received in 1903.
He participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in equestrian sport. On January 7, 1901, he was appointed assistant chief, and on August 26, 1906, he was appointed chief of the Military Campaign of His Imperial Majesty the Chancellery .
For a long time was one of the most trusted people of Nicholas II. Voluntarily performed the functions of a personal driver of the imperial family. Negatively related to Rasputin , for which, when the emperor took over the high command, he was removed from the court. On August 25, 1915, he was appointed to the disposal of the Viceroy in the Caucasus, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich . On November 16, 1915 he was appointed Assistant for the civilian part of the Viceroy in the Caucasus. March 31, 1917 was dismissed from service due to illness with a uniform and pension. At the end of 1917 he lived in the estate of Chair in the Crimea with the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, then he emigrated to France.
Family
The first wife of Princess Olga Konstantinovna Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya (11/12/1872, Karlsruhe β 1923), the goddaughter of Princess E. P. Trubetskoy and Count P. P. Shuvalov , maid of honor, daughter of Prince K. E. Beloselsky-Belozersky and N. D. Skobeleva , sisters of the general from infantry M. D. Skobelev . In society, she was known as the first fashionista and the most elegant woman in St. Petersburg. In the salon, a game of cards and dancing reigned. Their son Nikolai (1896-1961), from 1917 he was married to the Princess of Imperial Blood Nadezhda Petrovna (1898-1988), had two daughters.
The second wife is Countess Elizabeth Alexandrovna LΓΌders-Weimarn (1883β1969), in her first marriage to captain N. I. Kavelin.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. (1904).
- Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. (1906).
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. (1908).
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd art. (1911).
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st Art. (1913).
- Order of St. Anne 1st Art. (VP 05/06/1915).
- Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd art.
Notes
- β TsGIA SPb. f.19. Op. 123. d.25. Metric books of Orthodox churches abroad.
Literature
- Prince Orlov Vladimir Nikolaevich // List to the generals by seniority . Part I, II and III. Done on January 1, 1912. - St. Petersburg: Military Printing House, 1912. - S. 757.
Links
- Orlov, Vladimir Nikolaevich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War".
- Chronos biography
- Zalessky K. A. Who was who in the First World War. - M .: AST, 2003.