Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Alexei akaberekerwa mumhuri yepamusoro yeOrlov muLyubini muTver Oblast pa, mwanakomana waGrigory Ivanovich Orlov, gavhuna weNovgorod, uye mukoma waGrigory Grigoryevich Orlov. Akapinda muPreobrazhensky Regiment uye muna 1762 akanga asvika pachinzvimbo chesajenda. Akazvizivisa muHondo Yamakore Manomwe uye akakuvadzwa muHondo yeZorndorf
. Akarondedzerwa somurume muhombe, akareba mamita anopfuura maviri, uye murwi akakurumbira, ane chironda pahuma yake yose. Ronda racho rakamupa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti 'chiso chine chironda.'