Pavel Potemkin
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| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
Count Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin, also Potyomkin (Russian: Павел Серге́евич Потёмкин), (1743-1796) was a Russian statesman, soldier, and writer.
He was a cousin of Prince Grigory Potemkin, a well-known military and political figure of Empress Catherine the Great’s Russia. He took part in the wars with the rebel adventurer Yemelyan Pugachev, the Ottoman Empire, and the Bar Confederation. He signed the Treaty of Georgievsk with King Heraclius II of Georgia in 1783.
References
- Потемкин Павел Сергеевич. Russian Biographic Lexicon.
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