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Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 13 September 1739
- Died
- 5 October 1791
- Conflict
- Sixth Russo-Turkish War, Siege of Khotyn, Battle of Larga, Battle of Kagul, Seventh Russo-Turkish War, Siege of Ochakov
- Place of birth
- Chizhevo
- Place of death
- Rădenii Vechi
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Grigory
- Family name
- Potemkin
- Father
- Alexander Potemkin
- Mother
- Darya Kondyreva
- Sibling
- Yelena Potyomkina
- Occupation
- linguist, military personnel, politician, military leader
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Awards
- Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the White Eagle, Order of the Black Eagle, Order of Saint Anna, Order of St. George, 3rd class, Order of St. Andrew, Order of St. George, 2nd class, Order of St. George, 1st class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, Knight of the Order of the Elephant, Knight of the Seraphim, Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
- allegiance
- Russian Empire
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Preobrazhensky Regiment, Chevalier Guard Regiment
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian Biographical Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, New International Encyclopedia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9, Faces of Moscow
- family
- House of Potyomkin
- honorific prefix
- Serene Highness
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Russian
- military branch
- cavalry
- military, police or special rank
- Corporal, general field marshal, adjutant general
- noble title
- knyaz
- place of burial
- St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson
- social classification
- nobility
- start of work period
- 1762
- topic's main category
- Category:Grigory Potyomkin
- unmarried partner
- Catherine II of Russia
- writing language
- Russian
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