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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)

Re: Propagandhi announce "Supporting Caste" by miniblindbandit on 2009-01-13 12: 03: 22 potemkin city limits. i wonder how old that song is. — Punknews.org
This would sound like a ridiculous theory about anyone else; but we are talking here about North Korea, a hermit kingdom of potemkin villages, paranoia and intense secrecy. — Say Anything
Kind of like Marie Antoinette with her potemkin village, while she was preparing for the role of "Headless Royalty" in — Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
(McClane's potemkin Tumblr blog was especially illuminating.) — /Film
Scalability, fidelity, and containment in the potemkin virtual honeyfarm — CiteULike: Everyone's library