Gennady Sergeyevich Orlov (russian: Геннадий Серге́евич Орлов; born 2 March 1945) is a Russian

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and a former

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er. He has lived in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

since 1966 and has been a commentator since 1974.Собака. Журнал о людях
/ref> Orlov is best known for being a

commentator on Leningrad Television and, subsequently,

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for many years.

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1945 births Living people Russian association football commentators Soviet footballers FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Russian journalists National University of Kharkiv alumni Russian sports journalists Association football midfielders FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players {{Russia-journalist-stub

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