| Word | a Potemkin village |
|---|---|
| Description | a sham or unreal thing Count Potemkin (1739-91), a favourite of Empress Catherine II of Russia, reputedly ordered a number of fake villages to be built for the empress's tour of the Crimea in 1787. a sham or unreal thing Count Potemkin (1739-91), a favourite of Empress Catherine II o |
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