page_title: Vasily Orlov-Denisov
hierarchical_section_title: Vasily Orlov-Denisov
context_page_description: Count Vasily Vasilyevich Orlov-Denisov was a Cossack Russian general. He was the son of Vasily Petrovich Orlov, Ataman of the Don Cossacks, and grandson 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.
  He is depicted in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.
context_section_description: Count Vasily Vasilyevich 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.
  He is depicted in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.
caption: Portrait by George Dawe
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