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Detailed Synonyms for Potemkin in English
Potemkin:
Potemkin [the ~] noun
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the Potemkin
– 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) 1the Potyokin; the Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin; the Grigori Potemkin; the Grigori Potyokin; the Potemkin– 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) 1