| Vasily Petrovich Orlov | |
| Birth Date: | 1745 |
| Birth Place: | Russian Empire |
| Death Date: | 1801 |
| Death Place: | Russian Empire |
| Occupation: | general |
Vasily Petrovich Orlov (Russian: Василий Петрович Орлов) was a Russian Full General of Cavalry. Hero of Russo-Turkish Wars of 1768–1774 and 1787–1792, particularly the storming of Izmail.[1] Ataman of the Don Cossacks, received orders to command the Indian March of Paul in January 1801 from Emperor Paul I of Russia. His wife Daria Fedorovna, was a daughter of Ataman Count Fedor Petrovich Denisov and son of Vasily Petrovich Vasily Orlov-Denisov, a Don Cossacks General in honour of his grandfather Fedor Petrovich Denisov added his surname to his own, becoming count Orlov-Denisov on 26 April 1801.[2]