David (Davyd) Ivanovich Orlov (Russian: Давид (Давыд) Иванович Орлов; 6 July 1840 – 24 August 1916) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general and division commander. His son Ivan (1870–1918) married Elena de Struve, daughter of Karl von Struve. His daughter Varvara Davydovna (1870–1915) married the son of Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov.

David Ivanovich Orlov
Orlov with his daughter Mary.
Born6 July 1840
Died24 August 1916 (1916-08-25) (aged 76)
AllegianceRussian Empire
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Commands held12th Cavalry Division
1st Don Cossack Division
Battles/warsJanuary Uprising
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

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Preceded by
Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov
Commander of the 12th Cavalry Division
1896–1898
Succeeded by
Sergei Vasilchikov
Preceded by
Ivan Alexeyevich Andriyanov
Commander of the 1st Don Cossack Division
1898–1900
Succeeded by
Hippolyte Apollonovich Pozdeev

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  • Милорадович Г. А. Список лиц свиты их величеств с царствования императора Петра I по 1886 год. Чернигов, 1886, с.88.
  • Список генералам по старшинству. Составлен по 1 мая 1901. СПб., с.205.
  • Список генералам по старшинству. Часть I, II и III. Составлен по 1-е января 1910. СПб., 1910, с. 114.
  • Д. И. Орлов