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Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin

DEFINITIONS OF: Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin

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n a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)

Synonyms:
Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin
Type of:
military officer, officer
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
pol, political leader, politician, politico
a person active in party politics
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