Grigori Potemkin

Grigori Potemkin
noun
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)
Hypernyms: ↑politician, ↑politico, ↑pol, ↑political leader, ↑military officer, ↑officer

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  • Grigori Potemkin — Grigori Alexandrowitsch Potjomkin [pɐˈtʲɵ.mkʲɪn], Fürst von Taurien (russisch Григорий Александрович Потёмкин, wiss. Transliteration Grigorij Aleksandrovič Potёmkin, deutsch auch Gregor Alexandrowitsch Potemkin; * 13. Septemberjul./… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Potemkin — can refer to:;People * Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, statesman and lover of Catherine the Great * Pavel Potemkin, a Russian diplomat and military leader, cousin of Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin * Pyotr Potemkin, a Russian diplomat and …   Wikipedia

  • Potemkin City Limits — Studioalbum von Propagandhi Veröffentlichung 18. Oktober 2005 Label G7 Welcoming Co …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin — noun 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) • Syn: ↑Potemkin, ↑Potyokin, ↑Grigori… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Grigori Potyokin — noun 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) • Syn: ↑Potemkin, ↑Potyokin, ↑Grigori… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Potemkin — noun 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) • Syn: ↑Potyokin, ↑Grigori Potemkin,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Potemkín, Grigori (Alexándrovich) — (24 sep. 1739, Chizovo, Rusia–16 oct. 1791, cerca de Iasi, Moldavia). Oficial del ejército ruso. Ingresó a la guardia montada (1755) y ayudó a que Catalina II alcanzara el poder (1762). Luchó con distinción en la guerra ruso turca (1768–74),… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Potemkin village — noun Etymology: Grigori Potëmkin, who supposedly built impressive fake villages along a route Catherine the Great was to travel Date: 1937 an impressive facade or show designed to hide an undesirable fact or condition …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Grigori A. Potemkin — Grigori Alexandrowitsch Potjomkin [pɐˈtʲɵ.mkʲɪn], Fürst von Taurien (russisch Григорий Александрович Потёмкин, wiss. Transliteration Grigorij Aleksandrovič Potёmkin, deutsch auch Gregor Alexandrowitsch Potemkin; * 13. Septemberjul./… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Grigori Potjomkin — Grigori Alexandrowitsch Potjomkin [pɐˈtʲɵ.mkʲɪn], Fürst von Taurien (russisch Григорий Александрович Потёмкин, wiss. Transliteration Grigorij Aleksandrovič Potёmkin, deutsch auch Gregor Alexandrowitsch Potemkin; * 13. Septemberjul./… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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