Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin (Russian: Пётр Ива́нович Потёмкин; 1617–1700), also spelled Potyomkin, was a Russian courtier, diplomat and namestnik of Borovsk...

Palace in Saint Petersburg. A distant relative of the Muscovite diplomat Pyotr Potemkin (1617–1700), Grigory was born in the village of Chizhovo near Smolensk...

Pavel Potemkin (1743–1796), Russian diplomat and military commander, cousin of Grigory Potemkin. Peter Potemkin (1886–1926), Russian chess master. Pyotr Potemkin...

Pyotr is a Russian given name that is equivalent to the English name, Peter. Pyotr Abrasimov (1912–2009), Soviet war hero and politician Pyotr Akhlyustin...

Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (Russian: Пётр Александрович Румянцев-Задунайский; 15 January [O.S. 4 January] 1725 – 19 December [O.S...

Portrait of Russian diplomat and voivode Pyotr Potemkin by Godfrey Kneller...

In 1656, Nyenskans was attacked by Russia during an invasion led by Pyotr Potemkin. The attack was repelled, but it badly damaged Nyen, and Sweden moved...

toward Grigory Potemkin, who still had a relationship with Catherine, although Zavadovsky had replaced him in a sexual sense, and Potemkin was also said...

the pirates, 1685; 24. Ambassadors from Muscovy in 1668 (Pyotr Potemkin), 1681 (Pyotr Potemkin and Stefan Volkov) and 1685 (Semyon Erofeevich Almazov and...

Skopin-Shuisky Boyar Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin Eudoxia Streshneva Boyar Pyotr Potemkin Boyar Ivan Repnin Boyar Artamon Matveyev Marfa Apraksina Prince Fyodor...

Mikhailovich in June 1656, the fortress came under a siege by voevoda Pyotr Potemkin, known as the Battle of Nöteborg, which lasted until November 1656 with...

(1649–1693) Charles II of Spain c. 1676 Portrait of Russian ambassador Pyotr Potemkin, 1681–1682 Queen Mariana of Austria Maria Theresa of Spain Inés de Zúñiga...

Portrait of Russian boyar Pyotr Potemkin by Godfrey Kneller...

Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Russian general and prince of Georgian origin, prominent during the French Revolutionary...

Swedish detachment tried to land in their rear. The Russian commander Pyotr Potemkin reacted quickly to this and ambushed the Swedes, capturing their commander...

Vladimir Petrovich Potemkin (Russian: Владимир Петрович Потёмкин; 19 October [O.S. 7 October] 1874 – 23 February 1946) was a Soviet statesman, historian...

von Engelhardt on the order of Potemkin, who wished for the fall of both Rimsky-Korsakov and Bruce. In that case, Potemkin succeeded since Rimsky-Korsakov...

Russian embassy travelled from Spain to Paris. Headed by the steward Pyotr Potemkin, who had an audience with Louis XIV and Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the embassy...

Count Grigory Orlov and Grigory Potemkin. Assisted by highly successful generals such as Alexander Suvorov and Pyotr Rumyantsev, and admirals such as...

is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky...

fulfilling the Vyborg Treatise. In June 1656, the Russian voivode Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin with a detachment of 1,000 people took Nyenschantz by storm, but...

"Özi Kuşatması" in Turkish. In 1788, Russian forces led by Prince Grigory Potemkin and General Alexander Suvorov besieged the city, held by Ottoman troops...

units of Pyotr Rumyantsev and Grigory Potemkin. During the battle, the Turks burst into a gap between the main Russian force and Potemkin's soldiers,...

coronation Piotr Paweł Sapieha — possibly Reinhold Gustaw von Loewenwolde Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin — before coronation Ernst Johann von Biron — official favourite...

became the lovers of Catherine after they had been suggested by Grigory Potemkin, chosen by Catherine and examined by a doctor. The same role has been attributed...

a model to imitate". Another temporary contact was established by Pyotr Potemkin's embassy (1667–1668) during the reign of Alexis I of Russia. Regular...

29, 2006. Sebag Montefiore, Simon: The Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin, (St. Martin's Press) New York, NY, 2000.[page needed] Icons of Power:...

Having got rid of Orlov, Catherine falls in love with the guard Grigory Potemkin and finds in Europe a bride for Pavel Petrovich, Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt...

Nikita Trubetskoy 1760–63 Count Zakhar Chernyshev 1763–74 Prince Grigory Potemkin 1774–91 Count Nikolai Saltykov 1791–1802 Collegiums were replaced by Ministries...

order: Catherine the Great Pyotr Rumyantsev Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov Petr Ivanovich Panin Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky Grigory Potemkin Michael Kutuzov Vasily...