His final days were spent in a vain attempt at overthrowing Platon Zubov and he was suspected of concocting elaborate schemes to disguise the poorly administered colonization of the Ukraine.
His final days were spent in a vain attempt at overthrowing Platon Zubov and he was suspected of concocting elaborate schemes to disguise the poorly administered colonization of the Ukraine. He was more successful building the arsenal of Kherson, the establishment of Sebastopol as a key harbor, and after his appointment as field marshal in 1784, his construction of the Black Sea Fleet that led the Russians to victory during the Turkish Wars. FTP, identify this army officer and statesman probably best known for his love affair with Catherine the Great, fabricated villages, and a namesake battleship.
His final days were spent in a vain attempt at overthrowing Platon Zubov and he was suspected of concocting elaborate schemes to disguise the poorly administered colonization of the Ukraine.
Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin