Pavel Potemkin
Count Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin, also Potyomkin (Russian: Павел Серге́евич Потёмкин), (1743-1796) was a Russian statesman, soldier, and writer.
Pavel Potemkin | |
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| Viceroy of Caucasus | |
| In office 1785–1787 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Peter Tekeli |
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| Born | July 8, 1743 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 8, 1796 (aged 52) Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
He was a cousin of Prince Grigory Potemkin, a well-known military and political figure of Empress Catherine the Great’s Russia. He took part in the wars with the rebel adventurer Yemelyan Pugachev, the Ottoman Empire, and the Bar Confederation. He signed the Treaty of Georgievsk with King Heraclius II of Georgia in 1783.
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