Alexander Samoylov
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Count Alexander Nikolayevich Samoylov was a Russian general and statesman. He distinguished himself in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 and was the prosecutor general of the Russian Empire. He was a
Portrait of Alexander Samoylov by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder (Hermitage)
Grigory Potemkin
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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman, and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Iași, which
Alexander Samoylov
…statesman. He distinguished himself in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 and was the prosecutor general of the Russian Empire. He was a relative of Grigory Potemkin. Alexander Samoylov was born into the family of senator Nikolay Samoylov. He started his military service in 1760 as a soldier of Leib-Guard Semyonovsky…
1847 portrait, copy of an earlier work by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
Potemkin uniforms, in service from 1786 until 1796. Russian infantry and jägers. (in German)
A probably later portrait of a 35-year-old Potemkin at the height of his love affair with Catherine
The Empress Catherine (45) at around the same time