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To help accomplish this, Potemkin was said to have set up "mobile villages" on the banks of the Dnieper River. [3] As soon as the barge carrying the Empress and ambassadors arrived, Potemkin's men, dressed as peasants, would populate the village. Once the barge left, the village was disassembled, then rebuilt downstream overnight. [2]
The trip was arranged by Grigory Potemkin, a favorite and former lover of Catherine II. The trip happened just prior to the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). [1] The trip is the origin of the expression "Potemkin village", referring to the legend [2] of fake villages hastily erected by Potemkin along Catherine's route in order to impress her.
Battleship Potemkin is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. [2] [3] [4] In the most recent Sight and Sound critics' poll in 2022, it was voted the fifty-fourth-greatest film of all time, and it had been placed in the top 10 in many previous editions. [5]
Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is reportedly a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri (Korean: 평화리; Hancha: 平和里), [1] Panmun-guyok, [a] Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). [2]
The phrase Potemkin village entered common usage in Russia and globally, despite its fictional origin. [ 135 ] The Grigory Potemkin Republican Cadet Corps is a specialized institution in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria that is named after the Russian prince. [ 136 ]
Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin (Ukrainian: Острів Великий Потьомкін, romanized: Ostriv Velykyi Potiomkin, lit. 'Big Potemkin Island'; Russian: Остров Большой Потёмкин, romanized: Ostrov Bolshoy Potyomkin), also known as Potemkin Island, [1] [2] or officially Velykyi Vilkhovyi Island (Ukrainian: Великий Вільховий острів), [3] is a river ...
Battleship Potemkin uprising, a mutiny in 1905 The Battleship Potemkin, a film by Sergei Eisenstein dealing with the mutiny; Potemkin village, a term for fake settlements; Potemkin Island, an island in southern Ukraine named after Grigory Potemkin "Potemkine", a song by Jean Ferrat glorifying the uprising; All pages with titles containing Potemkin
The reconstructed monument in 2010. Monument to the founders of Odesa (Ukrainian: Засновникам Одеси, romanized: Zasnovnykam Odesy), also known as the monument to Empress Catherine II of Russia and her companions (José de Ribas, François Sainte de Wollant, Platon Zubov and Grigory Potemkin), was a monument located in Odesa, Ukraine, on Katerynska Square.