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
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
The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian armies victorious against the Ottoman Empire. Russia's victory brought the Yedisan between the rivers Bug and Dnieper, an
Allegory of Catherine's Victory over the Turks (1772), by Stefano Torelli.
Mustafa III in his royal robes
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment (by Vigilius Eriksen)
Battle of Kagul, Southern Bessarabia, 1770