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How to say: potemkin
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Potemkin
Syllables
potemkin
US accent
/poʊtˈɛmkɪn/
UK accent
/pəʊtˈɛmkɪn/
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Definition
Definition — 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)