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English noun: Potyokin | |||
| 1. | Potyokin (person) 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, Potemkin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | military officer, officer, pol, political leader, politician, politico | ||
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