Portrait of Grigory Potemkin

Alexandre Tardieu (engraver)before 1800

Polish History Museum
Warszawa, Poland

Grigory Potemkin was a powerful favorite of the empress Catherine II and had his own vision of Russian policy towards the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which involved his own personal interest as apparently he even considered at one point to become the king of Poland.

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Title: Portrait of Grigory Potemkin
Creator: Alexandre Tardieu (engraver)
Date Created: before 1800
Location Created: Unkown
Original Source: POLONA
Copyright: Public domain
Collection: National Library of Poland

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