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grigori potyokin meaning and definition
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Definition of Grigori Potyokin (noun)
- 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, Potemkin, Potyokin
Source: Princeton University Wordnet