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There ' s a lively entry nominating Diderot and Rimbaud as the pioneers of shabby chic, a curious account of Tolstoy ' s late-in-life enchantment with origami and an entertaining selection of love letters — revealing an unexpectedly domestic streak in the old despot — from Catherine the Great to the military commander Grigori Potemkin.
Savory Obscurities 2010
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By the time Catherine the Great 1729-1796 met Grigori Potemkin in 1772, she had been Empress of Russia for 9 years.
Archive 2009-02-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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Grigori Potemkin was a prime minister of sorts of Catherine the Great Tsarina of all Russias.
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It promises to be a temple of New Russian eclecticism, with giant chandeliers and furniture that once belonged to Catherine the Great's lover Grigori Potemkin.
Fashion Forward 2007
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Legend has it that Grigori Potemkin, a minister of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great, ordered phony villages constructed in Crimea in advance of a tour by the empress.
unknown title 2009
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Legend has it that Grigori Potemkin, a minister of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great, ordered phony villages constructed in Crimea in advance of a tour by the empress.
unknown title 2009
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Legend has it that Grigori Potemkin, a minister of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great, ordered phony villages constructed in Crimea in advance of a tour by the empress.
unknown title 2009
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Legend has it that Grigori Potemkin, a minister of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great, ordered phony villages constructed in Crimea in advance of a tour by the empress.
unknown title 2009
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Legend has it that Grigori Potemkin, a minister of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great, ordered phony villages constructed in Crimea in advance of a tour by the empress.
unknown title 2009
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Legend has it that Grigori Potemkin, a minister of 18th Century Russian Empress Catherine the Great, ordered phony villages constructed in Crimea in advance of a tour by the empress.
unknown title 2009
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