Nollekens, Joseph 298
Northern System 187, 188, 196, 250, 253
Novgorod 166, 246, 273, 275
archbishop of 60
Novikov, Nikolay 199, 200, 210, 276, 277, 292, 308
Novodevichy convent, Moscow 51
Nyslott fort 290
Ochakov 289, 298, 302 1791
crisis 299
Oder River 24
Oka River 159
Old Believers 165, 166, 167, 228, 273
Old Style (Julian) calendar viii Olsufyev, Adam 130–31, 132, 167
Oranienbaum 45, 83–4, 85, 94, 95, 96, 103, 104, 110–11, 112, 122, 123, 124, 127, 145, 179, 210, 216, 296
Damask Room 241
Grune Salle (Green Room) 111
Order of St Alexander Nevsky 113, 221, 233, 246, 286
Order of St Andrew the First Called 18, 177, 220, 295
Order of St Catherine 16, 118
Order of St George 232, 295
Order of the Knights of Malta 196
Order of the Polish Eagle 57
Orel 288
Orenburg province 66, 228, 230
Orlov, Count Aleksey 20, 122–5, 126, 176, 177, 202, 203, 206, 216–17, 231–2, 311, 315, 319
Orlov, Elizabeth (nee Zinovyev) 242
Orlov, Count Fedor 20, 202, 268
Orlov, Count Grigory 141, 185, 197, 203, 230, 231, 233, 331
relationship with C 6, 13, 112–13, 122, 126, 132–3, 145, 156
reputation for valour 112
a keen amateur astronomer 39, 113, 145
military connections 113
C has an illegitimate son by him (1762) 6, 120
conspiracy to overthrow Peter III 11, 122, 123
Macartney on 145–6
name day 146, 177
the Volga journey 161
public reading of C’s Instruction 171
a noble deputy for St Petersburg 182
smallpox inoculation 189, 190
the Small Hermitage 192
and Moscow plague 208
peace talks at Fokshany 210, 215, 216, 217
C’s urban reconstruction 211
C’s split with him (1772) 20, 215, 216, 218, 233
and Paul’s future wife 220, 221
C praises 238
personality 241, 265
health 242
marries his cousin 242
and Paul’s marriage to Maria Fedorovna 245
insanity 266
Orlov, Count Ivan 20, 169, 216
Orlov, Count Vladimir 20, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166, 168, 197, 223
Orlov family 16, 113, 123, 125, 126, 133, 140, 145, 156, 168, 215, 216–17, 219, 231
Osterman, Count 268, 302, 311
Ostrovki estate 275
Ottoman Empire 183, 187, 196, 207, 298
Our Lady of Vladimir icon 17
Ovid:
Ozerki estate 249
Pahlen, General Count Peter von der 321
Paisiello, Giovanni 250
Pakhrino 170
Palace of Facets, Moscow 4, 8, 16, 20, 21, 52, 164, 171
Pallas, Peter Simon 275, 333
Pamfilov, Father Ioann 277
Panin, Count Nikita 59, 138, 141, 145, 146, 152, 161, 168, 169, 180, 197
a protege of Bestuzhev 113
ambassador to Sweden 113, 121
Paul’s tutor 12, 113
a confirmed constitutionalist 121, 125
and C’s coup 121–2, 123, 125
imperial council suggestion 133
negotiates an alliance with the Danes 139
affair with Countess Stroganova 143, 177
and C’s radical proposals 172
engagement to Countess Anna Sheremeteva 177, 178
author of submission by Moscow nobility 182
in charge of Russian foreign policy 185
Northern System 187, 196, 250, 253
loss of authority 188
rivalry with the Orlovs 215
reputation for sloth 218
and Saldern 219, 230
and Paul’s potential bride 220, 221
