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Alexander Semyonovich Vasilchikov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Васильчиков, tr. Aleksandr Semënovič Vasil'čikov; 1746–1813) was a Russian aristocrat who became the lover of Catherine the Great from 1772 to 1774.
5 sty 2021 · Vasilchikov was another aristocrat and soldier who was strategically placed in Catherine’s eyeline as a means of removing Orlov from her bed. Whilst he was awarded all the privilege and prestige expected by the empress’ lover, he was also a virtual prisoner: Catherine forbade him from leaving the palace without her permission, and he was ...
6 wrz 2024 · Video obtained exclusively by CNN, filmed during fighting late August near the embattled city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, shows an apparent execution by Russian troops of three surrendering...
16 wrz 2024 · Two Russian soldiers predicted their own deaths after being sent on what they called a suicide mission as punishment for defying their commander. A short time into the video, Lysakovsky is joined by another unnamed Russian soldier.
27 lis 2018 · When in August 1772 Orlov left court, Catherine took another lover, Alexander Vasilchikov. But this relationship did not last long: Vasilchikov was replaced in 1774 with Grigory Potemkin,...
Alexander Semyonovich Vasilchikov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Васильчиков, tr. Aleksandr Semënovič Vasil'čikov; 1746–1813) was a Russian aristocrat who became the lover of Catherine the Great from 1772 to 1774.
18 lis 2019 · She was the empress of a thriving nation, but she was not immune to the pitfalls of a woman’s dating life, including the rebound boyfriend (post-Orlov). This stand-in was the youthful and handsome...
