Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Grigory_Aleksandrovich_Potemkin
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
Ottoman statesman
gptkbp:advisorTo gptkb:Catherine_the_Great
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_St._Andrew
gptkb:Order_of_the_Black_Eagle
gptkb:Order_of_the_White_Eagle
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:Order_of_St._Alexander_Nevsky
gptkb:Order_of_St._Anna
gptkb:Order_of_St._Vladimir
gptkbp:birthDate 1739-10-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chizhovo,_Smolensk_Governorate,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Kherson,_Ukraine
gptkbp:deathDate 1791-10-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bessarabia,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Potemkin_villages
expansion of the Russian Empire
governance of New Russia
gptkbp:legacy Potemkin villages (term for deceptive facades)
major figure in Russian imperial history
gptkbp:loveInterest gptkb:Catherine_the_Great
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:nobleman
gptkbp:memorial Potemkin Stairs (named after him)
gptkbp:militaryCampaign gptkb:Russo-Turkish_War_(1768–1774)
gptkb:Russo-Turkish_War_(1787–1792)
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:notableWork development of Crimea
founding of Ekaterinoslav
founding of Kherson
founding of Nikolayev
founding of Sevastopol
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Johann_Baptist_von_Lampi_the_Elder
gptkbp:religion Russian Orthodox
gptkbp:signature Grigory Potemkin signature.svg
gptkbp:title gptkb:Count_of_the_Russian_Empire
gptkb:Prince_of_Taurida
gptkb:Prince_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prince_Potemkin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5