The Sokolovsky gypsy choir (Russian "Соколовский хор") was founded by Count Orlov-Chesmensky in the 1770s who called on Ivan Sokolov, leader of the gypsies among his serfs, to perform at his estate outside Moscow.
Alexei Kosygin | Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia | Alexei Sayle | Alexei Yagudin | Yuri Orlov | Orlov | Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia | Alexei Radzievsky | Alexei Panshin | Alexei Nemov | Alexei Lubimov | Orlov Revolt | Boris Orlov | Alexei Maxim Russell | Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov | Alexei Filippenko | Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov | Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov | Vladimir Orlov (1882–1941) | Vasily Orlov-Denisov | ''Rasputitsa (Sea of Mud)'', 1894, Alexei Savrasov | ''Losiny Ostrov in Sokolniki'' by Alexei Savrasov | Fyodor Grigoryevich Reshetnikov | Dmitri Orlov | Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov | Alexei Volodin | Alexei Tsvetkov | Alexei Shirov | Alexei Seliverstov | Alexei Savrasov |
Count Alexey Orlov of Russia obtained many Arabians, including Smetanka, from the nobility of the Ottoman Empire and other sources tracing to the Bedouin of the Arabian peninsula.