Associations to the word «Potemkin»
Noun
- Battleship
- Odessa
- Sergei
- Mutiny
- Catherine
- Crimea
- Russo
- Empress
- Cossack
- Pavel
- Richelieu
- Favorite
- Niece
- Ky
- Bolshevik
- Faust
- Uprising
- Prince
- Lenin
- Ivan
- Propaganda
- Sailor
- Annexation
- Stair
- Nikolai
- Russia
- Turk
- Shipyard
- Mikhail
- Deception
- Uss
- Peasant
- Editing
- Vladimir
- Cinema
- Masterpiece
- Trek
- Alexander
- Revolt
- Great
- Pet
- Sol
- Fleet
- Asylum
- Correspondence
- Lover
- Bacon
- Village
- Sequence
- Diplomat
- Conquest
- Revolution
- Russian
- Fortress
- Crew
- Constantinople
- Prussia
- Palace
- Torpedo
- Rebellion
- Filming
- Film
- Petersburg
- Soundtrack
- Romania
- Von
- Imperial
- Step
- Treaty
- Strike
- Gregory
- Count
- Limit
- Boys
- Simon
- Pursuit
- Rage
- Orchestra
Adjective
Wiktionary
POTEMKIN VILLAGE, noun. (idiomatic) Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances.
POTEMKIN VILLAGES, noun. Plural of Potemkin village
Dictionary definition
POTEMKIN, noun. 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).
Wise words
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