Definition of potemkin Potemkin
/pʌtɛˈmkɪn/ - [putemkin] - Po•tem•kin
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| 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) | ||
| Potyokin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin | ||
| pol, political leader, politico, politician a person active in party politics | ||
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