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Potemkin (Потёмкин) Pyotr Ivanovich
(c.1617— 1700)

Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin was a Russian courtier, diplomat and namestnik of Borovsk during the reigns of Tsars Alexis I and Feodor III. He was a voivode during the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) and took Lublin in 1655 and Kantsy in 1656. Later he became a stolnik working as a Tsar's ambassador. Potemkin led the embassy to Spain and France in... More...

Gambia, 2000, Pyotr Potemkin