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GRIGORI POTEMKIN
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• GRIGORI POTEMKIN (noun)
The noun GRIGORI POTEMKIN has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: GRIGORI POTEMKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin; Grigori Potemkin; Grigori Potyokin; Potemkin; Potyokin
Hypernyms ("Grigori Potemkin" is a kind of...):
military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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