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Potemkin Definition

Po·tem·kin (pō temkin, pə-; Russ pu tyômkin)

Potemkin, Grigori Aleksandrovich (grē gō̂rē ä′lyek sändrō̂ vic̸h′) 1739-91; Russ. field marshal & statesman: favorite of Catherine the Great