He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award for courage during fighting the Nazi occupation behind enemy lines.

[1] Kirill Prokofyevich Orlovsky was born in the village of Myshkovichi, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire, into a family of Belarusian peasants on 30 January [O.S.

In 1941, he was sent a special mission in Western China, from where, at his personal request, he was recalled and sent to the deep rear of the German invaders as the commander of a reconnaissance and sabotage group.

On 17 and 18 February 1943, a 12 man detachment under the command of Orlovsky attacked the convoy of the General Commissioner of Belarus Wilhelm Kube on one of the roads.

He received a recommendation and in January 1945 was elected chairman of the collective farm "Rassvet" of the Kirov district of the Mogilev region.