Mihail Orlov

Mihail Fedorovich Orlov - odin iz samyh romanticheskih, yarkih i zagadochnyh personazhey rossiyskoy istorii pervoy poloviny XIX stoletiya. Plemyannik ekaterininskih favoritov brat'ev Orlovyh - knyazya Grigoriya i grafa Alekseya Chesmenskogo, - on poluchil boevoe kreschenie pri Austerlice, v ryadah Kavalergardskogo polka. V 1812 godu byl poruchikom, no vypolnyal lichnye zadaniya Aleksandra I i vstrechalsya s Napoleonom; razvedchik, partizan, boevoy komandir - 19 aprelya 1814 goda on podpisal kapitulyaciyu Parizha i poluchil chin general-mayora. V tom zhe godu emu prishlos' reshat' sud'bu Norvegii… Seriya: Zhizn' zamechatel'nyh lyudey. Malaya seriya.