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- Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (11 October [O.S. 30 September] 1739 – 16 October [O.S. 5 October] 1791) was a Russian military leader...
- In politics and economics, a Potemkin village ([pɐˈtʲɵmkʲɪn]) is a construction (literal or figurative) whose purpose is to provide an external façade...
- Battleship Potemkin (Russian: Броненосец «Потёмкин», romanized: Bronenosets «Potyomkin», [brənʲɪˈnosʲɪts pɐˈtʲɵmkʲɪn]), sometimes rendered as Battleship...
- Potemkin (1739–1791) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great's. Potemkin may also refer to: Potemkin (Guilty...
- The Russian battleship Potemkin (Russian: Князь Потёмкин Таврический, romanized: Kniaz Potyomkin Tavricheskiy, "Prince Potemkin of Taurida") was a pre-dreadnought...
- Potemkin (Russian: Потёмкин, Potyomkin; or Potyomkina/Potemkina Feminine; Потёмкина) is a Russian surname which derives from the word Потёмка Potyomka...
- (1724–1775) – married Wasilij von Engelhardt and had six daughters, the famous Potemkin Nieces, Maryamarried Nikołaj Samojłow, Piełagieja – married Peter Wysocki...
- The Potemkin Stairs, Potemkin Steps (Ukrainian: Потьо́мкінські схо́ди, romanized: Potiomkinski skhody, Russian: Потёмкинская лестница), or, officially...
- on her noble favourites, most notably Count Grigory Orlov and Grigory Potemkin. ****isted by highly successful generals such as Alexander Suvorov and Pyotr...
- romanized: Odeskyi funikuler) serves the Ukrainian city of Odesa. Running alongside the Potemkin Stairs, it connects the Prymorskyi Boulevard with the Port of Odesa. Despite...