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Encyclopedia > Potemkin

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Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (941 words)
Potemkin became a favorite of the tsarina; he received many awards, and was given the highest posts.
In 1776, at Catherine's request, the Emperor Joseph II raised Potemkin to the rank of a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Potemkin achieved appreciable success in Russia's newly won southern provinces, in which he was an absolute ruler.
Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin - definition of Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin in Encyclopedia (418 words)
Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin (Russian: Григорий Александрович Потемкин) (September 131739 (NS: September 24) – October 5 1791 (NS: October 16)) was a Russian general-field marshal, statesman and favorite of Catherine II the Great.
Potemkin became a favorite of the tsarina; he received a lot of awards, and was given the highest posts.
The purpose of the trip was the intimidation of Russia's enemies, and it led to a war for which the country appeared poorly prepared (Russo-Turkish War, 1787–1792).
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