Potemkin

Speech parts

1. Potemkin - Noun

2. Potemkin - Proper 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)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

front mask facade sham cover-up Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin Grigori Potemkin Grigori Potyokin Potyokin make-believe manufactured illusion fake disguise deception
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Hypernyms

pol politico politician officer military officer political leader

Phrases with the word

delivered another potemkin village

Examples

The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself. Adolf Loos

As Catherine the Great’s advisor Potemkin posited, this adoration was due to the fact that she was “the only woman who looked truly fine, and completely a man… As she was tall and powerful, male attire suited her.” Source: Internet

He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). Source: Internet

He may have been involved in arranging to bring Sergei Eisenstein 's groundbreaking film The Battleship Potemkin (1925) to US audiences for the first time. Source: Internet

In 1772, Catherine wrote to Potemkin. Source: Internet

In February 1784, Catherine the Great ordered Grigory Potemkin to build a fortress there and call it Sevastopol. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Poteet Poteete potelot Potemkin village Potemkinian Potempa