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Gregory Potyomkin

Born on September 13, 1739

287

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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (11 October 1739 – 16 October 1791) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman, and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Iași, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

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