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Григорий Александрович Потёмкин

Russian: князь Григорий Александрович Потёмкин
Also Known As: "Потёмкин Таври́ческий"
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Birthplace: село Чижово, Смоленской губ., Российская империя
Death: October 16, 1791 (52)
село Рэдений Веки, на пути из Ясс, княжество Молдавское (от перемежающейся лихорадки)
Place of Burial: Херсонская крепость, Херсонская губ., Российская империя
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Son of Aleksandr Vasiljevich Potiomkin and Дарья Васильевна Потемкина
Ex-partner of Catherine II "The Great" Romanova, Empress of All the Russias and Zofia Potocka
Father of Elizaveta Grigoryevna Kalageorgy
Brother of Maria Alexandrovna Potemkina; Elena (Morta) Alexandrovna Engelhard; Надежда Александровна Потемкина; Пелагея Александровна Высоцкая and Дарья Александровна Лихачева

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About Григорий Александрович Потёмкин

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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (Russian: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, pronounced Patyomkin but known as Potemkin or Potyomkin; October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739[nb 1] – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791,) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

Potemkin was born into a family of middle-income noble landowners. He first attracted Catherine's favor for helping in her 1762 coup, then distinguished himself as a military commander in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). He became Catherine's lover, favorite and possibly her consort. After their passion cooled, he remained her lifelong friend and favored statesman. Catherine obtained for him the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and gave him the title of Prince of the Russian Empire among many others : he was both a Grand Admiral and the head of all of Russia's land and irregular forces. Potemkin's defining achievements include the peaceful annexation of the Crimea (1783) and the successful second Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). The fall of Ottoman stronghold Izmail that he orchestrated prompted Gavrila Derzhavin and Osip Kozlovsky to write Russia's first national anthem, "Let the thunder of victory sound!".

In 1774, Potemkin became the governor-general of Russia's new southern provinces. An absolute ruler, he worked to colonize the wild steppes, controversially dealing firmly with the Cossacks who lived there. He founded the towns of Kherson, Nikolayev, Sevastopol, and Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk). Ports in the region became bases for his new Black Sea Fleet. His rule in the south is associated with the "Potemkin village", a largely fictional method of ruse involving the construction of painted façades to mimic real villages. Potemkin was known for his love of women, gambling and material wealth; he oversaw the construction of many historically significant buildings, including the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg. A century after Potemkin's death, his name was given to the Battleship Potemkin, which featured in the 1905 Russian Revolution and was fictionalized in The Battleship Potemkin by Sergey Eisenstein.



War Ein russischer Fürst, Feldmarschall sowie Vertrauter und Liebhaber der russischen Zarin Katharina der Großen. Er war Reichfürst im HRR. Der Dichter Derschwain schrieb über Potjomkin: "Mit einer Hand spielt er Schach. Mit der anderen erobert er Völker. Mit einem Fuß tritt er Freund und Feind. Mit dem anderen betritt er die Ufer des Weltalls". Nachdem er sich für die militärische Karriere entschieden hatte, trat Potjomskin der Reitergarde bei. Unter den Gardisten, die bei der Umwältung von 1762 mitmachten, die Katharina ll auf den Kaiserinthron verhalf, fiel er der Herrscherin auf, allerdings bleib eine Annäherung zwieschen ihnen damals aus. So zog der junge ehrgeizige Offizier 1769 in russisch-türkischen krieg und wurde f¨r seine militärische Heldenraten in den Rang eines Generalmajors erhoben.

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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (Russian: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, pronounced Patyomkin but known as Potemkin or Potyomkin; October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739[nb 1] – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791,) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

Potemkin was born into a family of middle-income noble landowners. He first attracted Catherine's favor for helping in her 1762 coup, then distinguished himself as a military commander in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). He became Catherine's lover, favorite and possibly her consort. After their passion cooled, he remained her lifelong friend and favored statesman. Catherine obtained for him the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and gave him the title of Prince of the Russian Empire among many others : he was both a Grand Admiral and the head of all of Russia's land and irregular forces. Potemkin's defining achievements include the peaceful annexation of the Crimea (1783) and the successful second Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). The fall of Ottoman stronghold Izmail that he orchestrated prompted Gavrila Derzhavin and Osip Kozlovsky to write Russia's first national anthem, "Let the thunder of victorysound!".

In 1774, Potemkin became the governor-general of Russia's new southern provinces. An absolute ruler, he worked to colonize the wild steppes, controversially dealing firmly with the Cossacks who lived there. He founded the towns ofKherson, Nikolayev, Sevastopol, and Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk). Ports in the region became bases for his new Black Sea Fleet. His rule in the south is associated with the "Potemkin village", a largely fictional method ofruse involving the construction of painted façades to mimic real villages. Potemkin was known for his love of women, gambling and material wealth; he oversaw the construction of many historically significant buildings, including the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg. A century after Potemkin's death, his name was given to the Battleship Potemkin, which featured in the 1905 Russian Revolution and was fictionalized in The Battleship Potemkin by Sergey Eisenstein.



War Ein russischer Fürst, Feldmarschall sowie Vertrauter und Liebhaber der russischen Zarin Katharina der Großen. Er war Reichfürst im HRR. Der Dichter Derschwain schrieb über Potjomkin: "Mit einer Hand spielt er Schach. Mit der anderen erobert er Völker. Mit einem Fuß tritt er Freund und Feind. Mit dem anderen betritt er die Ufer des Weltalls". Nachdem er sich für die militärische Karriere entschieden hatte, trat Potjomskin der Reitergarde bei. Unter den Gardisten, die bei der Umwältung von 1762 mitmachten, die Katharina ll auf den Kaiserinthron verhalf, fiel er der Herrscherin auf, allerdings bleib eine Annäherung zwieschen ihnen damals aus. So zog der junge ehrgeizige Offizier 1769 in russisch-türkischen krieg und wurde f¨r seine militärische Heldenraten in den Rang eines Generalmajors erhoben.

О князе Григории Александровиче Потёмкине (русский)

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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (Russian: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, pronounced Patyomkin but known as Potemkin or Potyomkin; October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739[nb 1] – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791,) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

Potemkin was born into a family of middle-income noble landowners. He first attracted Catherine's favor for helping in her 1762 coup, then distinguished himself as a military commander in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). He became Catherine's lover, favorite and possibly her consort. After their passion cooled, he remained her lifelong friend and favored statesman. Catherine obtained for him the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and gave him the title of Prince of the Russian Empire among many others : he was both a Grand Admiral and the head of all of Russia's land and irregular forces. Potemkin's defining achievements include the peaceful annexation of the Crimea (1783) and the successful second Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). The fall of Ottoman stronghold Izmail that he orchestrated prompted Gavrila Derzhavin and Osip Kozlovsky to write Russia's first national anthem, "Let the thunder of victory sound!".

In 1774, Potemkin became the governor-general of Russia's new southern provinces. An absolute ruler, he worked to colonize the wild steppes, controversially dealing firmly with the Cossacks who lived there. He founded the towns of Kherson, Nikolayev, Sevastopol, and Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk). Ports in the region became bases for his new Black Sea Fleet. His rule in the south is associated with the "Potemkin village", a largely fictional method of ruse involving the construction of painted façades to mimic real villages. Potemkin was known for his love of women, gambling and material wealth; he oversaw the construction of many historically significant buildings, including the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg. A century after Potemkin's death, his name was given to the Battleship Potemkin, which featured in the 1905 Russian Revolution and was fictionalized in The Battleship Potemkin by Sergey Eisenstein.



War Ein russischer Fürst, Feldmarschall sowie Vertrauter und Liebhaber der russischen Zarin Katharina der Großen. Er war Reichfürst im HRR. Der Dichter Derschwain schrieb über Potjomkin: "Mit einer Hand spielt er Schach. Mit der anderen erobert er Völker. Mit einem Fuß tritt er Freund und Feind. Mit dem anderen betritt er die Ufer des Weltalls". Nachdem er sich für die militärische Karriere entschieden hatte, trat Potjomskin der Reitergarde bei. Unter den Gardisten, die bei der Umwältung von 1762 mitmachten, die Katharina ll auf den Kaiserinthron verhalf, fiel er der Herrscherin auf, allerdings bleib eine Annäherung zwieschen ihnen damals aus. So zog der junge ehrgeizige Offizier 1769 in russisch-türkischen krieg und wurde f¨r seine militärische Heldenraten in den Rang eines Generalmajors erhoben.

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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (Russian: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, pronounced Patyomkin but known as Potemkin or Potyomkin; October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739[nb 1] – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791,) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

Potemkin was born into a family of middle-income noble landowners. He first attracted Catherine's favor for helping in her 1762 coup, then distinguished himself as a military commander in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). He became Catherine's lover, favorite and possibly her consort. After their passion cooled, he remained her lifelong friend and favored statesman. Catherine obtained for him the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and gave him the title of Prince of the Russian Empire among many others : he was both a Grand Admiral and the head of all of Russia's land and irregular forces. Potemkin's defining achievements include the peaceful annexation of the Crimea (1783) and the successful second Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). The fall of Ottoman stronghold Izmail that he orchestrated prompted Gavrila Derzhavin and Osip Kozlovsky to write Russia's first national anthem, "Let the thunder of victorysound!".

In 1774, Potemkin became the governor-general of Russia's new southern provinces. An absolute ruler, he worked to colonize the wild steppes, controversially dealing firmly with the Cossacks who lived there. He founded the towns ofKherson, Nikolayev, Sevastopol, and Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk). Ports in the region became bases for his new Black Sea Fleet. His rule in the south is associated with the "Potemkin village", a largely fictional method ofruse involving the construction of painted façades to mimic real villages. Potemkin was known for his love of women, gambling and material wealth; he oversaw the construction of many historically significant buildings, including the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg. A century after Potemkin's death, his name was given to the Battleship Potemkin, which featured in the 1905 Russian Revolution and was fictionalized in The Battleship Potemkin by Sergey Eisenstein.



War Ein russischer Fürst, Feldmarschall sowie Vertrauter und Liebhaber der russischen Zarin Katharina der Großen. Er war Reichfürst im HRR. Der Dichter Derschwain schrieb über Potjomkin: "Mit einer Hand spielt er Schach. Mit der anderen erobert er Völker. Mit einem Fuß tritt er Freund und Feind. Mit dem anderen betritt er die Ufer des Weltalls". Nachdem er sich für die militärische Karriere entschieden hatte, trat Potjomskin der Reitergarde bei. Unter den Gardisten, die bei der Umwältung von 1762 mitmachten, die Katharina ll auf den Kaiserinthron verhalf, fiel er der Herrscherin auf, allerdings bleib eine Annäherung zwieschen ihnen damals aus. So zog der junge ehrgeizige Offizier 1769 in russisch-türkischen krieg und wurde f¨r seine militärische Heldenraten in den Rang eines Generalmajors erhoben.

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1739
October 11, 1739
село Чижово, Смоленской губ., Российская империя
1775
July 13, 1775
Saint Petersburg, gorod Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)
1791
October 16, 1791
Age 52
село Рэдений Веки, на пути из Ясс, княжество Молдавское
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Учебное заведение Иоганна Филиппа Литке
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Учебное заведение Иоганна Филиппа Литке
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Собор Св. Екатерины, Херсонская крепость, Херсонская губ., Российская империя