Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Grigory Orlov, jikan wani ɗan tawaye a cikin Streltsy Uprising (1698) a kan Peter the Great, ya bambanta kansa a cikin
Yaƙin Zorndorf (25 Agusta 1758), yana karɓar raunuka uku. Ya wakilci akasin ra'ayin Peter na Prussian, wanda Catherine bai yarda ba. A shekara ta 1759, Catherine da shi sun zama masoya; babu wanda ya gaya wa mijin Catherine, Grand Duke Peter. Catherine ta ga Orlov yana da amfani sosai, kuma ya zama kayan aiki a ranar 28 ga Yuni 1762 " juyin mulki " a kan mijinta, amma ta fi son zama uwargidan daular Rasha maimakon ta auri kowa.