About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Yalta Conference, Iphigenia, Justinian II, Philippikos Bardanes, Grigory Potemkin, Republic of Venice, Bela Kun, New England, Crimean Goths, Grand Crimean Central Railway, Abraham Firkovich, Taurica, Roman Crimea, Taurida Governorate, Russo-Crimean Wars, Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Ghisolfi, Crimean presidential election, 1994, Alfred Frauenfeld, Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russo-Turkish War, Principality of Theodoro, The Jewish Steppe, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Crimean Campaign, Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca, Crimean People's Republic, Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry, Noman Celebicihan, Seraya Shapshal, smail Gasp ral, Deportation of the Crimean Tatars, Battle of Kerch Strait, Kul-Oba, Crimean Oblast, Cherson, Dawlat Berdi, President of Crimea, Bravlin, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Benjamin Aga, Skilurus, Abraham Kirimi, Georgius Tzul, Third period of World War II, Sapun-gora, 1927 Crimean earthquakes, Perateia, Meir Ashkenazi, Palacus, Gazaria, Balgitzin, Suuksu, Papatzys, Tasius. Excerpt: Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (Russian: , pronounced Patyomkin but known as Potemkin or Potyomkin; October 11 1739 - October 16 1791, ) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen. Potemkin was born into a family of middle-income noble landowners. He first attracted Catherine's favor for helping in her 1762 coup, then distinguished himself as a military commander in the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774). He became Catherine's lover, favorite and possibly her consort. After their passion cooled, he remained her lifelong friend and favored statesman. Catherine obtained for him the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and gave him the title...
