Vasily Orlov-Denisov

Vasily Orlov-Denisov (Василий Васильевич Орлов-Денисов)
Portrait by George Dawe, Military Gallery of the Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum
Born	8 September 1775 near Pyatiizbyan
Died	24 January 1843 Kharkov
Allegiance	Imperial Russia
Service/branch	Cavalry
Years of service	1789–1821
Rank	general of cavalry
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), Polish uprising (1794), War of the Fourth Coalition (Russia, Tarutino)

Vasily Orlov-Denisov (8 September 1775 – 24 January 1843) was a Cossack Russian general. He was the son of Vasily Petrovich Orlov, Ataman of the Don Cossacks, and grandson (on his mother's side) of the first Earl of the Cossacks, General of Cavalry, Fedor Petrovich Denisov . In honour of his grandfather he added his surname to his own, becoming Orlov-Denisov on 26 April 1801.

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