Associations to the word «Potemkin»
Noun
- Battleship
- Odessa
- Sergei
- Mutiny
- Catherine
- Crimea
- Russo
- Empress
- Cossack
- Pavel
- Richelieu
- Favorite
- Niece
- Ky
- Bolshevik
- Faust
- Uprising
- Prince
- Lenin
- Ivan
- Propaganda
- Sailor
- Annexation
- Stair
- Nikolai
- Russia
- Turk
- Shipyard
- Mikhail
- Deception
- Uss
- Peasant
- Editing
- Vladimir
- Cinema
- Masterpiece
- Trek
- Alexander
- Revolt
- Great
- Pet
- Sol
- Fleet
- Asylum
- Correspondence
- Lover
- Bacon
- Village
- Sequence
- Diplomat
- Conquest
- Revolution
- Russian
- Fortress
- Crew
- Constantinople
- Prussia
- Palace
- Torpedo
- Rebellion
- Filming
- Film
- Petersburg
- Soundtrack
- Romania
- Von
- Imperial
- Step
- Treaty
- Strike
- Gregory
- Count
- Limit
- Boys
- Simon
- Pursuit
- Rage
- Orchestra
Adjective
Wiktionary
POTEMKIN VILLAGE, noun. (idiomatic) Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances.
POTEMKIN VILLAGES, noun. Plural of Potemkin village
Dictionary definition
POTEMKIN, noun. A Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791).
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.