Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Grigory Orlov, te mokopuna o te whakakeke i te Streltsy Uprising (1698) ki a Peter the Great, i wehewehe ia i roto i te
Pakanga o Zorndorf (25 Akuhata 1758), e toru nga whara i whiua. I whakaatuhia e ia te rereketanga o te whakaaro o Peter mo Prussian, kaore a Catherine i whakaae. I te tau 1759, kua aroha raua ko Catherine; kaore tetahi i korero ki te tane a Catherine, te Grand Duke Peter. I kite a Catherine i a Orlov he mea tino whaihua, a ka whai waahi ia ki te 28 Pipiri 1762 "coup d'état" ki tana tahu, engari i pai ia ki te noho tonu hei empress widow o Russia kaua ki te marena ki tetahi.