[DOC] [TLE] Grigory Orlov  Russiapedia The Romanov dynasty Prominent ... [PAR] Grigory Orlov was a Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine the Great who 
... place her on the Russian throne and subsequently helped the Empress rule 
the ... Grigory started his love affair with Catherine while she was only Grand 
Duchess. ... led the conspiracy to overthrow and murder her husband Peter III in 
1762. [DOC] [TLE] Elizaveta Petrovna Romanova  Russiapedia The Romanov ... [PAR] Although she took the throne through a palace coup, her rule of the country was 
... Her pro-Russian domestic policies increased the presence of the Russian ... 
Elizabeth instead took a lover from the guard squad  Aleksey Shubin. ... of all 
the successors of Peter the Great, however she had to seize the power by a coup. [DOC] [TLE] Grigory Potemkin As one of the conspirators who seized the throne ... [PAR] Her being chosen as wife for the heir to the Russian throne brought her .... In 
June 1762 Catherine took an active part in a coup against her husband .... coup 
to place her on the Russian throne and subsequently helped the Empress rule 
the country. ... Grigory Orlov was a Russian statesman and lover of Catherine the 
Great... [DOC] [TLE] Katherine Neville | Catherine the Great - Katherine Neville | [PAR] When Helene arrives in St. Petersburg in the autumn of 1791 and meets her old 
... saw as corrupt Prussian influence on the Russian court, seized the throne for 
herself, ... in short order following the death of Empress Elizabeth on January 5, 
1762. ... With the help of her lover, Gregory Orlov, and the troops of St. Petersburg
,... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great Biography - life, childhood, children, parents ... [PAR] The Russian empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, reigned from 
1762 to ... Elizabeth to meet the heir to the throne, the Grand Duke Peter (1728
1762), ... On June 28, 1762, with the aid of her lover Gregory Orlov, she rallied 
the ... considered her a usurper, or someone who seized another's power illegally
. [DOC] [TLE] Catherine II - Emperor - Biography.com [PAR] Oct 6, 2015 ... Biography.com profiles Catherine II, the Russian empress who reorganized ... 
Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland), and became the Russian empress in 1762. ... 
1761, Catherine's husband assumed the throne, becoming Peter III, while she ... 
Catherine II had conspired with her lover, Gregory Orlov, a Russian... [DOC] [TLE] Peter III (Aragon) facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] (17281762), emperor of Russia, January 5, 1762, to July 9, 1762. ... a sister of 
Charles XII of Sweden; this relation gave him a claim to the Swedish throne. ... 
Catherine II's Memoirs drew a bleak picture of her marriage, recording bizarre ... 
seized power with the support of guards regiments led by her lover Grigory Orlov. [DOC] [TLE] Women in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: Politics - Dictionary ... [PAR] For nearly two hundred years the Empress Catherine II of Russia (1762-96), ... 
She circumvented the men who helped her to seize the throne in 1762 and was 
... But Catherine through her lover, the guards officer Grigory Orlov and his four... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great FAQ - Index for Ursula's History Web - Tripod [PAR] Catherine had become the enemy of France after she had voiced sharply her 
outrage ... Each of them had to swear allegiance to the Imperial Crown of Russia. 
... at Christmas, 1761, Catherine was in her sixth month with Gregory Orlov's child
. ... Orlov was instrumental in helping Catherine seize the throne on June 28, 
1762. [DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power, by Virginia Rounding [PAR] Her future husband, the heir to the throne, Grand Duke Peter, was a bizarre ... 
Finally an attendant arranged that Catherine take her first lover, bloodlines ... In 
June 1762, she was woken in the middle of the night by the news that one of her 
...... With the help of her lover Grigory Orlov,

Question: Her lover Grigory Orlov helped her seize the Russian throne in 1762
Answer: Catherine the Great