Educated at the University of Moscow, he entered the horseguard in 1755, and he was made a count after his role in the Russo-Turkish War.
Educated at the University of Moscow, he entered the horseguard in 1755, and he was made a count after his role in the Russo-Turkish War. Made the commander in chief and governor general of "New Russia," he developed the arsenal at Kherson and the harbor of Sevastopol, but became infamous when, for an imperial visit in 1787, he supposedly constructed artificial villages along the Dnieper River with his men serving as the adoring crowd. FTP, name this general, a favorite of Catherine II, who developed the Russian fleet, and whose name was immortalized in a 1905 mutiny in Odessa.
Educated at the University of Moscow, he entered the horseguard in 1755, and he was made a count after his role in the Russo-Turkish War.
Gregory Potemkin