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Noun

1. grigori aleksandrovich potemkin, grigori potemkin, grigori potyokin, potemkin, potyokin

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)

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noun
1. 
Grigori Aleksandrovich (ɡriˈɡɔrij alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1739–91, Russian soldier and statesman; lover of Catherine II, whose favourite he remained until his death, and who is reputed to have erected sham villages along the route of the Empress's 1787 tour of Crimea
2. 
apparently impressive but actually sham or artificial
North Korea's Potemkin hospital

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Potemkin

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Griˈgoˌri Aleˈksandroˌvich (gʀiˈgɔˌʀi ɑljɛkˈsɑndʀɔˌvɪtʃ) ; grēg^ōˈrē äˌlyeksänˈdr^ōvichˌ) 1739-91; Russ. field marshal & statesman: favorite of Catherine the Great

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

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