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