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Meaning of word potemkin from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

potemkin noun

Meaning : 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).

Synonyms : grigori aleksandrovich potemkin, grigori potemkin, grigori potyokin, potyokin

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