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Count Sergei Vasilievich Saltykov (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Салтыков, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof]; c. 1726 – 1765) was a Russian officer (chamberlain) who became the first lover of Empress Catherine the Great after her arrival in Russia.
Oct 14, 2020 · Extramarital affairs became a part of their arrangement — with Catherine having relations with a Russian military officer Sergei Saltykov. She gave birth to three more children, none believed...
- Catherine and Sergei Saltykov: her first love. Count Sergei Saltykov (1726-1765) was her lover from 1752 to 1754. At the time, she was married to the Grand Duke Peter HG-Romanov, the heir to the Russian throne.
- Catherine and Stanislaw Poniatowski: a Polish affair. Stanislaw Poniatowski (1732-1798) was her lover from 1756 to 1758, while Catherine was still married.
- Catherine and Grigory Orlov: a debt. Count Grigory Orlov was Catherine’s third lover. He helped Catherine depose her husband Tsar Peter III, and his brother killed Peter.
- Catherine and Alexander Vasilchikov: the rebound. Alexander Vasilchikov (1744-1813). Lovers from 1772 to 1774. When she found out about Orlov’s infidelities, she turned to this young Russian aristocrat.
The first of her lovers was Russian officer Sergei Saltykov, one of three men she would invite into her bed whilst still being married to Peter. Her marriage was loveless, it was a partnership orchestrated for political reasons only.
May 15, 2020 · Catherine herself suggested in her memoirs that Paul was the child of her first lover, Sergei Saltykov.
- Meilan Solly
Aug 10, 2020 · Count Sergei Vasilievich Saltykov was the first lover of the future Catherine II (the Great), Empress of All Russia, and possibly the father of her son Paul I, Emperor of All Russia. Born in 1726, Sergei was the son of Vasily Fedorovich Saltykov and Princess Marya Alexeievna Golitsyna.
May 16, 2020 · Both Catherine and Peter began extramarital affairs; hers was with a Russian military officer named Sergei Saltykov. When Catherine gave birth to her first son Paul, in 1754, it was rumored that...
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