Potemkin

(pō tem′kin, pə-; Russ pu tyôm′kin)

Potemkin, Grigori Aleksandrovich 1739-91; Russ. field marshal & statesman: favorite of Catherine the Great

See Potemkin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Russian army officer and politician. The lover of Catherine II, he helped her seize power in 1762.

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