Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Orlov aiva mwanakomana waGregory Orlov, gavhuna weGreat Novgorod. Aiva nomunun'una Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov uyo aizowanawo mukurumbira mune zvechiuto uye zvematongerwe enyika muRussia. Grigory Orlov akadzidziswa muuto revadzidzi paSaint Petersburg, akatanga basa rake rehondo muHondo Yamakore Manomwe, uye akakuvadzwa pa
Zorndorf. Paaive achishanda muguta guru semukuru wezvombo, akabatwa nechido cheMukuru Duchess Catherine Alekseyevna, uye aive mutungamiri wekurangana kwakakonzera kubviswa pachigaro uye kufa kwemurume wake, Emperor Peter III (1762).