Grigori Potyokin
n 1: 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) [syn: {Potemkin},
{Potyokin}, {Grigori Potemkin}, {Grigori Potyokin},
{Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin}]