Grigory Potemkin
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![Princely arms of Grigory Potemkin](/Images/godic/202502/04/Potyomkin_earl_v1_p262823.png")
![A probably later portrait of a 35-year-old Potemkin at the height of his love affair with Catherine](/Images/godic/202502/04/Potemkin_Grzegorz2823.jpeg")
![The Empress Catherine at around the same time](/Images/godic/202502/04/Catherine_II_by_Sablukov2823.jpg")
Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (Russian:Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий; ‘Potyomkin’, r Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Potyomkin-Tavricheskiy; October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739 – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791,) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.