grigori-aleksandrovich-potemkin
Nouns
- (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) Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin,