| 单词 | Potemkin |
| 例句 | It was a PR exercise, they say, a Potemkin demonstration by the Chimor government that it was actively fighting El Nino. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The title refers to the ticky-tacky Potemkin suburb where it all goes down. Review: Glib Laughs and Race Hate in ‘Suburbicon’ 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z But sailors do fire cannons toward a city in Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin,” so in Scorsese terms, the sequence is spot on. A Guide to Watching Scorsese Movies Like an Insider 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Each year the Tonys has an invited dress rehearsal a few hours before the actual show, at which point it was time to ditch the Potemkin lyric and sing the real one. ‘Not Just for Gays’: The Year the Tonys Dared to Go There 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z He makes rudimentary linguistic mistakes, like misspelling the Russian word for Saturday and repeatedly referring to Prince Grigory Potemkin — and the famed battleship named after him — as Potempkin. From the Czars to Putin: A History of Russia’s Imperial City 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The Pet Shop Boys have always been interested in theater and the classical arts, name-checking Debussy on the 1988 single “Left to My Own Devices” and in 2004, scoring Sergei Eisenstein’s silent film “Battleship Potemkin.” A Ballet Score? Not Such a Stretch for the Pet Shop Boys 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The town has been compared to a Potemkin village, to Brigadoon, to a “feudal Disneyland” and to the town in the movie “The Truman Show.” In the Footsteps of Charles III 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The Palais belonged to a parade of make-believe buildings – a Potemkin city of paste-board and plaster, according to the fierce social critic Adolf Loos. Small things 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z If Pyongyang embodies the architect’s dream of a model city, its facades are also suggestive of a Potemkin village. Review | A rare glimpse of North Korea 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z For decades, beginning in 1965, these two Lilliputians — Ceausescu hovered in the vicinity of 5 foot 5 — ruled a country that they turned into a projection of their self-mythologizing, a Potemkin village for two. | 'The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu': ?Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu,? by Andrei Ujica - Review 2011-09-08T23:07:41Z Highlights, within walking distance of each other, include a stroll along the Primorsky Boulevard, Odessa’s main promenade, and the famous Potemkin Stairs — all 192 of them. In Transit: Q&A: An Excursion From Kiev? 2011-03-22T17:00:43Z Sergei Eisenstein was just 27 when Battleship Potemkin, with its martyred young leader of a naval mutiny, made him world famous. 'There are no different truths': the last years of Soviet cinema 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z As Arnold grouses, with considerable justification, Feld’s environment is like a Potemkin village of wooden shutters and seafront cuteness, with inflated restaurant prices to match. Pick of the week: Couples therapy with Meryl and Tommy Lee 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z I suppose the other issue that doesn't play so well now," says Lapper, he continues, "is the board's involvement in political censorship, with films such Battleship Potemkin and Mother being suppressed. Sex, violence and swearing on film: 100 years of the BBFC 2012-07-26T18:59:03Z It exposed her to a wider world and taught her that celebrities were often hollow shells: Potemkin Village personalities. A new biography gets Oriana Fallaci the way people who knew her couldn't 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The causal link is suggested – as Eisenstein used montage to fabricate a Cossack slashing a woman's face in Battleship Potemkin – yet the only unambiguous evidence gives is that torture existed. Zero Dark Thirty: the US election vehicle that came off the rails 2013-01-18T19:31:01Z The new 35mm restoration of "Battleship Potemkin" opens Jan. 14 at Film Forum in New York, with other cities to follow. How "Battleship Potemkin" reshaped Hollywood 2011-01-12T01:32:00Z NK News, an English-language site that focuses on North Korea, also questioned the integrity of the AP’s reporting last month in an article that questioned whether the agency’s Pyongyang operation is “a Potemkin news bureau.” Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Don came up with a Potemkin television commercial that tricked a rival firm into spending vital resources. Thrills More Boardroom Than Bedroom 2010-10-14T21:27:00Z Has there been a year since the late '20s when Hollywood didn't produce multiple imitations of "Battleship Potemkin"? How "Battleship Potemkin" reshaped Hollywood 2011-01-12T01:32:00Z She argues with Potemkin, who is also her military leader, about tactics and foreign policy, while her succession plans, one means by which she hopes to assure her political legacy, cut through her family. What’s on TV Monday: The ‘Catherine the Great’ Finale and ‘A Single Man’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “Potemkin” gets another nod when the camera rushes in on a lion sculpture as rioters raid an estate. A Guide to Watching Scorsese Movies Like an Insider 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z This park is the first completed stage of the regeneration of the gardens surrounding the city’s iconic Potemkin Steps, made famous by the director Sergei Eisenstein in his silent 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. Odessa's new parks lead a blossoming of urban regeneration 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Or montage could be pushed to elaborate, symphonic heights, as in the celebrated “Odessa Steps” sequence of Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin.” DVD: Landmarks of Early Soviet Film Come to DVD 2011-10-09T03:23:03Z And his “Potemkin Stairs” — an evocation of the famous “Odesa Steps” sequence form the Eisenstein film “Battleship Potemkin” — has a modernist momentum that honors the artistic source material. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Politics, it was felt, were not fit for the cinema, hence the long banning here of Bolshevik masterpiece Battleship Potemkin, which arrived in 1926, the year of the General Strike. Trailer Trash 2013-07-13T23:05:49Z Reporters in China often run up against Potemkin projects—gleaming science parks sitting half empty, new districts with eerily few residents, solar-powered cities where most of the panels are disconnected. ‘China’s Great Wall of Debt’ Review: The Chinese Growth Charade 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The prospect of a president restoring the role suffered a fatal blow when George Bush took his Potemkin flight toward a “Mission Accomplished” banner. | Let Us Now Praise Infamous Men 2013-09-04T19:12:10Z The posters promote titles ranging from Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin” to relatively obscure dramas, documentaries and comedies, like “Strength and Beauty” and “Song of the Tundra.” Antiques: Suddenly, Lalique Is Back in Vogue 2011-06-23T21:22:39Z Casts of thousands are used to create a sense of sweep, especially in the battle scenes, but nothing here surpasses the beauty of "The Last Emperor" or the brilliance of "Battleship Potemkin." 'The Beginning of the Great Revival': Chinese history gets lost in translation 2011-06-23T20:42:03Z Both Macron and Trump are Potemkin candidates, in other words, faux-outsiders built to channel popular discontent. Is Trump really building a fascist regime — or is it all just showmanship? Either way the threat to democracy is real 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Liselle’s call to Selena happens in the first few pages of the book, just before dinner begins, which is to say that we meet our protagonist at the precise moment her Potemkin life becomes intolerable. This Novel Nods to Virginia Woolf While Staring Down Modern Class Lines 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z It's more that "Potemkin" pioneered what became a staple Hollywood genre, the heavily fictionalized, inspirational retelling of historical events, built around easily recognizable archetypes of good and evil. How "Battleship Potemkin" reshaped Hollywood 2011-01-12T01:32:00Z One set for a variety show was compared to The Battleship Potemkin. David Myerscough-Jones obituary 2010-05-04T18:01:00Z The feints, dodges, Potemkin stadium renderings and extended leverage plays are over. Success of Inglewood's new showcase NFL complex depends on how it develops its surroundings 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Before you know it, you'll find yourself on a tugboat watching Battleship Potemkin to a French electro score – and wondering if the local multiplex will ever be the same. This week's new film events 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z Following four cocky college seniors who concoct a Potemkin Christian ministry to raise cash for tuition, the story wades into a Kantian swamp of worthy ends financed by immoral means. ‘Believe Me,’ a Comedic Look at Religious Fund-Raising 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z In The Age of Extremes, Hobsbawm argued that everyone who was young and savvy in 1930s Britain was also a fan of avant-garde films such as Buñuel's Un Chien Andalou and Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin. Eric Hobsbawm changed how we think about culture 2012-10-02T14:29:06Z Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 propaganda film "The Battleship Potemkin," about the 1905 mutiny on the Russian ship Prince Potemkin, starts a weeklong run at Northwest Film Forum Friday, in a new 35-mm print. At A Theater Near You: SIFF, Found Footage Festival, 'Worst in Show' 2011-05-19T19:59:04Z Mr. McConnell suggested the program was a “profoundly tone-deaf” idea to create amid high inflation and compared the program to a Potemkin village designed to deceive American taxpayers. McConnell slams Biden Climate Corps as ‘taxpayer-funded pipeline’ to turn activists into bureaucrats 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z An imposing statue of Catherine held pride of place near the city’s iconic Italianate landmark, the Potemkin Stairs, until Ukrainian authorities removed it late last year. This Ukrainian was famed for playful sculptures. Now his art melds war debris and rage 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Far from the Potemkin paradise of Moscow, the war is ever visible. Putin’s Forever War 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Potemkin exerted Russian control through the southeast parts of modern Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula. Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z His name entered popular speech because of stories, now widely doubted, that he erected fake settlements called “Potemkin villages” to impress Catherine during her long journey through Crimea and the southern territories. Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “There’s no Hoover Dam or Lincoln Tunnel on the other side of this nonsense spending. Just Potemkin jobs and a new make-work program when there’s plenty of work to go around,” he said. McConnell slams Biden Climate Corps as ‘taxpayer-funded pipeline’ to turn activists into bureaucrats 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Until Putin’s war, a statue of Catherine the Great dominated a square near the famous Potemkin stairs leading down to the harbor. Putin’s attack on Odesa is truly the act of a terrorist state | Trudy Rubin 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z In recent elections for a Potemkin parliament, only 8.8 percent of voters turned out. Opinion | Tunisia can rebuild its democracy. Only its president stands in the way. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The KGB operation that began in 1982 moved into a new phase in December 1984, when Daniloff warily met with a man who said he was a Russian Orthodox priest named Roman Potemkin. Opinion | What a KGB arrest of a journalist in 1986 tells us today 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z It once was the burial spot for Prince Grigory Potemkin, a favorite of Russian Empress Catherine the Great. Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z First, Russia looks more than ever like a Potemkin superpower, with little behind its impressive facade. Putin’s failed energy offensive | Paul Krugman 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Yet instead of reporting the true numbers of depleted crops, she and other villagers created a Potemkin wheat field for senior Party members in order to keep up the mirage of a bumper harvest. She Witnessed Mao’s Worst Excesses. Now She Has a Warning for the World. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Ukraine has served U.S. interests by revealing Russia to be a Potemkin nation, a disheveled exterior hiding a threadbare interior. Opinion | Slinking away from aiding Ukraine would be a major strategic error 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z A month later, Potemkin left a package at the U.S. Opinion | What a KGB arrest of a journalist in 1986 tells us today 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z In Odesa, a statue of Potemkin’s lover, Empress Catherine II, is boarded over and set for removal. Buoyed by southern success, Ukraine revives long-shot dream of retaking Crimea 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z He has always been a Potemkin tycoon, parasitic off the superstition that great wealth is somehow symptomatic of other greatness. Opinion | Now the GOP can repent for the Trump era by denying him the nomination 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Potemkin, an 18th century Russian military figure, annexed Crimea, founded the city, governed Russia’s imperial lands in the region and created the Black Sea Fleet. Russian zookeeper kidnaps animals from Kherson, Ukraine says 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Oddly, weeks before retreating, Russian soldiers carried away the bones of the 18th-century Russian aristocrat Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin, removing as they left a potent historical and cultural symbol of the city’s ties to Russia. Russia Tried to Absorb a Ukrainian City. It Didn’t Work. 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Shultz advised President Ronald Reagan that with the “secret” maps and the Potemkin ruse, the KGB had produced “evidence” that would make an espionage charge look credible. Opinion | What a KGB arrest of a journalist in 1986 tells us today 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Russian-backed authorities were even said to have spirited away the remains of Grigory Potemkin, the princely Russian general who was the city’s founder, in the 18th century. Deceit or defeat? Russia announces retreat from key southern Ukrainian city of Kherson 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z They even absconded with the bones of Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin, the 18th-century commander who help Catherine the Great conquer southern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials and residents who remain in the city. The Russian flag is apparently removed from the Kherson administrative building, but a brutal fight for the city may still loom. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Potemkin is an inspiration to Putin: He persuaded Catherine the Great, his lover, to annex Crimea in 1783. Your Friday Briefing: The U.S. Economy Grew, Slowly 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Prince Potemkin, a lover of Catherine the Great, was considered the founder of the modern city of Kherson. Russia Tried to Absorb a Ukrainian City. It Didn’t Work. 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z It was Potemkin who persuaded his lover, Catherine the Great, to annex Crimea in 1783. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z "All the lies and propaganda, the talk of 'special operations' and swift victories - all that was just a facade, like a Potemkin village." Germany's Scholz blasts Putin's 'scorched earth' tactics, warns on gas price cap 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Despite its descent into what amounts to a Potemkin democracy, Hungary has managed until now to forestall serious disciplinary consequences from the E.U., which wields a formidable power of the purse. Opinion | The E.U. must punish Viktor Orban, Hungary’s authoritarian leader 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z There would be no Potemkin villages: He would announce that he was visiting one hospital and turn up at another, where there would have been no time to put up a false front. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Father Vitaly, a priest at St. Catherine’s Cathedral, said Russian officers had from time to time through the occupation turned up at the cathedral to visit the crypt holding Prince Potemkin’s bones. Russia Tried to Absorb a Ukrainian City. It Didn’t Work. 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z When President Vladimir V. Putin invaded Ukraine in February with the goal of restoring part of a long-lost empire, he invoked Potemkin’s vision. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z One team encountered a Potemkin village of Russian hardware, officials said, with dozens of parked tanks accompanied by a small security detail. Russia’s spies misread Ukraine and misled Kremlin as war loomed Perhaps the most famous flight of stairs in the world, the 192 granite steps and 10 landings immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent movie “Battleship Potemkin” tether Odesa on its plateau to the water below. Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “Russia needs its paradise,” wrote Prince Grigory Potemkin, Catherine the Great’s general and lover, when he urged her to claim the land. More than a sun-splashed resort, Crimea holds a key place in Russia’s conscience. 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The Potemkin Stairs — famed for the tumbling-baby-carriage scene in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent film classic “Battleship Potemkin” — are sealed off by tank traps and checkpoints. In a storied Ukrainian city, a dance with wartime destiny 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z By the count of the historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of the book “Catherine the Great and Potemkin,” it was the ninth time Potemkin’s restful peace had been interrupted. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z As a result, many in America and Europe are eager to dismiss Russia as a Potemkin power whose exalted status is at an end. Opinion | Russia Is Down. But It’s Not Out. 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Named the Potemkin Stairs in the Soviet era, they are now sometimes referred to by an earlier name, the Primorskiy Stairs, a sign of the ongoing battle for Odesa’s identity. Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z But behind the walls of the Democratic Party's Potemkin village stands the billionaire class. Jesus, endless war and the irresistible rise of American fascism 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z By contrast, Ernaux recalls material specifics as integral to her experience: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a ubiquitous song by a closeted nun, a screening of “Battleship Potemkin” where she underwent contractions. How a book about abortion in 1960s France became the timeliest movie of the year 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The destruction of the cities that Potemkin helped build, he said, has cast Putin in the role of destroying those earlier triumphs. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Some analysts suggest that Russia has a Potemkin army — one that looks good, trains well, but has failed on the battlefield. Can Russia win the battle for Ukraine's battered east? 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z In the movie, the steps, now cordoned off for military reasons, were the scene of a brutal confrontation between Czarist troops and Odesan sympathizers with the revolutionaries on the Potemkin, who mutinied in 1905. Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z I especially appreciated the reference to “The Battleship Potemkin.” Opinion | We need more analysis on a potential naval blockade in the Black Sea 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Anytime you put well over $50 million — along with paying for upkeep and property taxes — into innovation centers, they can get compared to Potemkin offices, used to help an incumbent get reelected. A former Foxconn executive tries to explain what went wrong in Wisconsin 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The plundering of Potemkin’s grave is of a piece with Russia’s efforts to obliterate Ukrainian identity. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Analysts have pointed out that these curbs meant Moscow’s market wasn’t operating properly, while the US dubbed it a “Potemkin market opening”. Inflation pressures hit consumer confidence; Moscow stock market falls back – as it happened 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The White House called the partial reopening “a Potemkin market opening.” Russia’s stock index reopens and rises with government intervention. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Daleep Singh, the White House deputy national security adviser for international economics, said the trading session a “charade; a Potemkin opening.” Russia reopens stock market with restrictions; U.S. calls it ‘charade’ 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “We value our Potemkin Stairs and other heritage architecture, which is in the heart of every Odessa citizen,” Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov said. Odessa’s beloved opera house plays starring role in wartime drama 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z But the bones of Potemkin, a famed military commander and statesman, have added resonance for the Kremlin. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z It is also where a 1905 uprising, supported by mutineering Russian sailors, was violently crushed by tsarist forces - scenes which director Sergei Eisenstein famously set on Odessa's giant stairway in his 1925 film "Battleship Potemkin." Sandbags and songs on Odessa beach as Ukrainians help build defences 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Without vast oil reserves, the Russian economy would hardly exist and Russia’s Potemkin village of a government is really a kleptocratic police state dominated by a single cruel tyrant with delusions of grandeur. Hitting Putin where it hurts 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Much of that budget was stolen and spent on mega-yachts in Cyprus. But as a military advisor you cannot report that to the President. So they reported lies to him instead. Potemkin military.” As Russia’s Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z But it mostly served as a facade — “Potemkin journalism,” he said, “behind which are the tightly controlled major entities” of state-owned media. Russia’s independent media, long under siege, teeters under new Putin crackdown 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Russian rulers have not always viewed the legacy of Potemkin and Catherine admiringly — a fact underscored by the story of what has happened to Potemkin’s remains over the centuries. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “This is Potemkin politics, President Putin accelerating the very conflict that he’s created.” White House wrestles with whether Russia has ‘invaded’ Ukraine 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z In January, I dismissed the notion that Republicans in Congress might try to overturn the results of an election as mere bluster, a “Potemkin coup.” The Year in Review: Confessions of an Incurable Optimist 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z He posted videos in which he ridiculed the country’s Soviet-style Potemkin window-dressing and exposed widespread poverty. Belarus Opposition Leader Is Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Robinson, who said in an interview that he was fired earlier this year, concluded that the site was a “Potemkin village.” Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z When Potemkin died in 1791, the grieving empress ordered a grand funeral and had his body brought to Kherson, where it was displayed uncovered in a specially constructed tomb in a crypt, Mr. Montefiore wrote. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “Battleship Potemkin” A monthlong series spotlighting classic Soviet-era films continues with Sergei Eisenstein’s revolutionary 1925 silent drama about a mutiny that helps spark a revolution. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ ‘The Outsiders,’ Beyond Fest and more 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z We didn’t know the Potemkin government in Afghanistan that we’d propped up for two decades would fall in two seconds, even though we should have. Opinion | A Rough Beast Returns 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z “It’s Potemkin politics,” said Tom Wheeler, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Inside a stealth ‘persuasion machine’ promising Republican victories in 2022 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z In 1783, Russia’s Prince Grigory Potemkin, in an effort to dazzle Empress Catherine the Great, is said to have erected facades that looked like beautiful houses along her route when she visited his province. Column: Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley are torching the Constitution to further their own presidential ambitions 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z He ordered that Potemkin be buried in an unmarked grave, with some reports suggesting that he directed a local official to smash and scatter Potemkin’s bones in the nearby Devil’s Gorge. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The American Conservative described it as “Potemkin Diplomacy.” Trump critics hail accords between Israel and Arab countries even as original goal of Palestinian peace remains unmet 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z “He’s kind of a Potemkin Patient Zero,” he continued. CNN’s Jim Acosta dubs Trump ‘Coronavirus in Chief,’ ‘Potemkin Patient Zero’ 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Solution: The Soviets created Potemkin parties to compete with the Communists in rigged elections. Opinion | Maduro’s new consolidation strategy seeks to eliminate the opposition — and will hurt Venezuela 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Historians have cast doubt on the tale, but the term “Potemkin village” has lived on, coming to mean a false front intended to impress the gullible. Column: Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley are torching the Constitution to further their own presidential ambitions 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z He found two strange exhibits holding “the skull of Catherine II’s lover Potemkin” and “the bones of Catherine II’s lover Potemkin.” Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z It seems suitably ironic for McConnell to propose building a Potemkin “trial” to exonerate Trump. Opinion | Don’t let Mitch McConnell conduct a Potemkin impeachment trial 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Soon Catherine and Potemkin are are lovers, but the ways of palace life — the intrigue, the games — weigh on Potemkin. Review: Helen Mirren rules in 'Catherine the Great' 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Three diplomats from the European Union visited Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi, this year in what one of the participants said turned out to be a “Potemkin village tour.” China Wants the World to Stay Silent on Muslim Camps. It’s Succeeding. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Gackle worked at what he calls “a sort of product factory” where he built “little Potemkin products that would mostly get killed.” The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z To reach Potemkin’s remains, they would have opened a trapdoor in the floor and climbed down a narrow passageway, according to people who have visited the crypt. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Without tangible progress soon, the apparently impromptu DMZ summit will turn out to have been Potemkin diplomacy — a shiny facade with nothing underneath. Trump’s Potemkin diplomacy in North Korea 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “Because that’s how she makes me feel,” Potemkin replies, “like a schoolgirl.” Review: Helen Mirren rules in 'Catherine the Great' 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z I quickly grew tired of hearing the same conversation played on a very short loop, which reinforced the feeling that was I was standing in a Potemkin village. Review | ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division 2’ is a fun place to visit but you won’t want to live there 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Tony Nash, managing partner at economic forecasting firm Complete Intelligence with deep experience in China, called the Beijing government’s official figures “a Potemkin village, simply presented for the impression.” Trump trade war slows China economy growth 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Under the lid of the coffin, a small black bag held Potemkin’s skull and bones, carefully numbered. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z In the Black Sea port city of Odessa, a smaller crowd gathered at the statue of the Duc de Richlieu above the steps made famous in Eisenstein's 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. Ukrainians pranked at fake election rally 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Potemkin impresses her by knowing something about smallpox inoculation: Dr. Thomas Dimsdale has come to personally vaccinate Catherine, who hopes to provide an example to her people. Review: Helen Mirren rules in 'Catherine the Great' 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Where some see a miracle of rebirth, others see an oppressive surveillance state, a Potemkin village destined for eventual collapse. Rwanda’s Khashoggi: who killed the exiled spy chief? 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z As seen from the capital, Kinshasa, the government of President Joseph Kabila may be staging a “Potemkin election,” as one senior Western diplomat put it. Congo’s election may not be fair, but its rural poor still hope it will bring change 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z “Potemkin would have despised Putin and everything he stands for,” he said. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z He told me that foreigners were shown a Potemkin village when they visited. Is One of Africa’s Oldest Conflicts Finally Nearing Its End? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z On a drive just beyond the city limits, Buenos Aires seems a Potemkin village. Perspective | An Italian car of a country, Argentina looks great but just doesn’t work 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Visitors and cameras paraded through what had become a Potemkin village. Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here’s the Reality. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Instead of a global village, as Marshall McLuhan prophesied, we are presented with a digital Potemkin village, a constructed sham, where sharing and being social is secondary to numerical proof of social interactions. The ruthless pursuit of online “likes” gives you nothing 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Potemkin and Empress Catherine, he said, regarded that area as a cosmopolitan window onto the Mediterranean, populated by a vibrant mix of people of different ethnicities and national backgrounds. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z I have wondered why there has been almost no mention of Potemkin villages, to put a facade of decency on a hideous system. Calendar Letters: 'Westworld' confusion, Arroyo Seco vibes, 'Roseanne' fallout and border politics 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z He may open up a Potemkin McDonald’s in Pyongyang, but he’s not going to abandon his Stalinist model. Opinion | Trump’s ‘McDonald’s theory’ for North Korea can’t work without human rights 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Jamison Carter’s new sculptures are like stage sets for splendor, together forming a Potemkin village of triumphal bliss. Jamison Carter's sculptures: Like a carpenter's guide to the cosmos, or earthbound explosions of space 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z But the event was a Potemkin show: After a half-dozen nuclear explosions from 2006-17, the site was quite likely well past its functional life-span. Only Freedom Can Disarm Kim 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Montefiore fully expects Potemkin’s remains to make their way to Russia, where they could feature in “a chillingly crass and television spectacular of ultranationalism.” Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z But his budget includes only Potemkin tax reforms. Cuomo’s de Blasio Budget 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z But at the end of the day, the Pakistani effort consisted of “Potemkin raids and Potemkin actions” that brought little change in the status quo, he said. Pakistan ousts terrorists, rebuilds border region 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Edison sold people by creating a Potemkin Village of electric lights at his laboratory. Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos C.E.O. and Silicon Valley Star, Accused of Fraud 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z They are Potemkin pageants that will award the two strongmen overwhelming victories, thanks in part to the exclusion of all serious opponents. Opinion | Putin and Sissi are putting on elections. Why bother? 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z But the U.S. official derided Moscow’s efforts to work with Tehran and Ankara on a Syria strategy without the U.S. as “Putin’s Potemkin Peace Plan,” suggesting that it is a plan devoid of substance. U.S. Moves to Halt Turkey’s Drift Toward Iran and Russia 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z There’s the Potemkin White House, which we tend to focus on: Trump berserk in front of the TV, the lawyers working the Russian investigation and the press operation. The devolution of anti-Trumpists 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z It wasn’t just that they suggested Potemkin slices, architectural stand-ins to match the human ones Trump’s campaign invited to the press conference kicking off his White House bid. Potemkin slices: A visit to Trump's border-wall prototypes – Los Angeles Times 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z It is only a matter of time before the reality behind this statistical Potemkin village called CompStat will drive working taxpayers out of our City. Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Glioblastomas in lab dishes and mouse brains are fakes, little Potemkin villages that everyone thought were faithful replicas of human glioblastomas but which, lacking tumor stem cells, were nothing of the kind. Brain Organoids Get Cancer, Too, Opening a New Frontier in Personalized Medicine 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s a Potemkin country, and you become a “useful idiot” transmitting propaganda. Opinion | Why I Went to North Korea 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Democracy is gone, with only Potemkin manifestations of it to fool the screen-addicted electorate... Opinion | Google Doesn’t Want What’s Best for Us 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z But in an email, Alexander Potemkin, the executive director of the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation, said the event, held in 2012, had been to celebrate the organization’s 20th anniversary. In Washington, Trump Is Roasted. At His Winery, He’s Toasted. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z But it was also the latest example of the president’s Potemkin policy shows — creating the appearance of substantive heft and legislative action even in cases where there is next to none. Trump opens 'infrastructure week' without a plan, calls for privatizing air traffic control 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Yet the establishment proved to be Potemkin empty. Opinion | American democracy: Not so decadent after all 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Iran will hold another Potemkin election in May, and we can already predict the media narrative if one of the so-called hard-liners wins the Iranian Presidency. Iran’s New Crackdown 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z If we are diplomats, we represent merely a Potemkin village. How dare you call us diplomats 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “Perhaps someone asked for a few bottles of wine from them,” Mr. Potemkin wrote. In Washington, Trump Is Roasted. At His Winery, He’s Toasted. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z In another country, which Trump rather admires, you’d call this a Potemkin village. Trump’s lies are delusional. But the dangers they pose are now very real | Richard Wolffe 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z But there is no confusion that money motivated the thieves who created this Potemkin village of online advertising. Daily Report: Using Fake Users and Sites to Steal Real Money 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Trump isn’t going to criticize Putin for building a Potemkin democracy at home. Trump Will Thaw Chilly U.S.-Russia Relationship 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The Potemkin stop almost seems to be a metaphor for his campaign. ObamaCare Comes Back to Haunt Evan Bayh in Indiana 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The New York Times reported that much like the rest of his campaign it largely seems to be a “Potemkin effort.” Where will Donald Trump’s violent and dangerous rhetoric lead after Nov. 8? 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Indeed, most of the residents in the Potemkin village of climate change denial receive or have received Koch funding. Deniers club: Meet the people clouding the climate change debate 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z One of the Ottoman war’s heroes, Gregory Potemkin, became a trusted adviser and lover of Catherine’s. TRAVEL: ‘White Nights’ of St. Petersburg 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Regarding the Aug. 6 editorial “Thailand’s Potemkin referendum”: The Thai referendum allowed the people to speak 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z But to think this is to misunderstand the role of the Post as it exists today, which is as a sort of Potemkin tabloid. The Meaning of Melania’s Photo Shoot 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Either way, the West must regard this vote for what it is, a Potemkin exercise staged by modern authoritarians, not the genuine process of change that Thailand sorely needs. Thailand’s Potemkin referendum 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Terms like "anti-immigrant" and 'nativist' are employed by people who lack the integrity and/or brains to explain why their generosity with the property and homelands of others is anything but a Potemkin moralism. Theresa May Is Poised to Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Catherine read Diderot, corresponded with Voltaire and engaged in myriad romances, including a long, volatile relationship with Prince Grigori Potemkin. The Romanovs: fascinating, odd and odious 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z These may all be part of a Potemkin village, but they nonetheless underscore the fact that in North Korea, poverty is no longer equally shared. North Korea’s one-percenters savor life in ‘Pyonghattan’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z But in North Korea, master of the Potemkin everything, what looks like a duck and quacks like a duck can sometimes turn out to be a chicken. At a North Korea farm, is there more than meets the eye -- or less? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Obscurantist propaganda by numbers; a Potemkin parliament; a stifled press; even lapel badges of the great helmsman: it all reeks of the bad old days. This insubstantial pageant 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z His campaign had the look of a Potemkin effort, cobbled together in a half-hearted bid to show journalists he was serious. Trumped and Berned 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Steven P. Perskie, former chairman of the Casino Control Commission and a former state Democratic lawmaker, called it a “Potemkin village.” Trump’s bad bet: How too much debt drove his biggest casino aground 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Most Chinese see Taiwanese democracy as a joke; a Potemkin village the American put on to show "democracy". China Largely Shrugs at Shake-Up After Taiwan Elections 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Even so, Russia’s aviation is “often painted in the West as some sort of Potemkin village, which is not the case.” Russian Military Uses Syria as Proving Ground, and West Takes Notice 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z His narrative ranges from Mongol invaders to Kiev’s pro-Europe protesters, from the facade villages of Grigori Potemkin to the ersatz democracy of Vladimir Putin. Searching for the roots of Russia’s aggression 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The Chinese always like a Potemkin press conference with no questions asked,” said Orville Schell, a China expert at the Asia Society. Obama and China: Trying to play well with a close frenemy 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z And in New Orleans — unlike in the Potemkin parties of Las Vegas or Key West — it emerges organically and is felt universally. I’m from New Orleans, but I didn’t understand why we needed to save it 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Before the election — now — would be a good time to broadcast a necessary and unvarnished message to Burma’s leaders that a Potemkin democracy just won’t do. Burma’s half-hearted commitment to democracy 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z "What we said to the voice cast was, 'We could be making 'Battleship Potemkin.' This is the most serious thing," Burton said. 'Shaun the Sheep' creators don't follow the flock 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z “At the end of the day, it is just a Potemkin gesture designed to produce another round of self-congratulatory cheers for a spent presidency,” Rogers writes. Views You Can Use: A Climate Plan That Lasts? 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The French have responded by cracking down on Uber and setting up a Potemkin village retraining system whereby the unemployed work for fake companies at fake jobs. Uber mows down Bill de Blasio 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Eighth, other kinds of financial engineering, such as tax gadgets, have contributed to the illusion of Potemkin prosperity: Does Donald Trump Have A Point? 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Many of the greats of Soviet cinema were filmed here, including Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin. Russian film studio hopes to take on Hollywood after £300m investment 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “There are some trappings of a serious campaign, but this is a Potemkin effort at best.” Democrats eager to exploit contrast in styles between Trump and Clinton 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z It is a Potemkin celebration, they say, marking an occasion that was greeted with such great hope in 2011 but that now rings hollow for many as the country descends further into division and misery. South Sudan’s Fourth Anniversary Offers Little to Celebrate 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Pork and beans served from tin bins onto Styrofoam lunch plates, bales of hay stacked as a backdrop on a Potemkin farm used to demonstrate equipment at the annual Farm Progress Show. GOP Candidates Go Whole Hog in Iowa 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z More than 100 Potemkin companies like Candelia are operating today in France, and there are thousands more across Europe. In Europe, Fake Jobs Can Have Real Benefits 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The convicts’ children were visiting their dads, uncles and brothers at a Potemkin village carnival set up just for them, pony rides and all. Inspiring prison doctor helps a giant health-care firm lobby for jail contract 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z It’s a relatively benign homage to the Odessa Steps in the Soviet propaganda film Battleship Potemkin, and everyone is happy at the end of this one. SAPVoice: How New Marketing is Helping Solve an Industry's Image Problem [VIDEO] 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z And the capital is often described as a large Potemkin village, an elaborate stage set designed to fool outsiders into believing that North Korea is as rich and powerful as its propaganda claims. A North Korea Watcher Watches "The Interview" 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z They will cling to any source that confirms their rosy view of Potemkin equality – hence the popularity of the scorned woman trope. Rolling Stone scapegoats rape victim, makes matters worse 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z They may be creating a Potemkin village to impress the developed countries with which they hope to expand trade ties, such as the United States. Strange Chinese Appetites Driving Wildlife Toward Extinction 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea’s biggest newspaper, reported Tuesday that the North is preparing a Potemkin prison in anticipation of foreign inspections. U.N. human rights report says it’s time to hold North Korea to account — in court The official, Grigory Potemkin, happily combined this official role with his unofficial function of bedroom companion and lover of the sex-hungry Empress. IBM's Potemkin Prosperity 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Pyongyang, always a showcase city, has become even more of a Potemkin village. North Korea’s capital, with its water parks and new buildings, coddles the elite Friedman, who’s suing the recruiter who hooked him up with the firm, alleges in the complaint that, “Palladyne was the asset management company equivalent of a Potemkin village, fronting for a kickback and money-laundering scheme.” How Libya Blew Billions and Its Best Chance at Democracy 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Other residences had turned Potemkin, their facades relatively intact but their innards and roofs missing. The Post-Post-Apocalyptic Detroit 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z More and more faith is being put into the idea that the Silicon Valley’s Potemkin village will be the new powerhouse of the US economy. Uber's $18 bn valuation is just another fantasy marketed by Silicon Valley 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Prior to the arrival of the Empress’s barge, Potemkin’s men, dressed up as peasants, would show up at the site and assemble a village. IBM's Potemkin Prosperity 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z The images from "The Battleship Potemkin" are among the most famous in cinema history. Ukraine moves forces to Odessa, helicopter downed in east 2014-05-06T05:51:18Z It was conquered in the late 18th century by Catherine the Great, who installed Prince Grigory Potemkin to lead the colonization of the lands. What Is Putin’s ‘New Russia’? 2014-04-18T21:26:13Z Supporters of the interim government gather daily on the promenade above the Potemkin Stairs, a worldwide symbol of the evils of repressive powers, from a scene in the 1925 Sergei Eisenstein film “Battleship Potemkin.” Fears of Impending Change Darken Normally Lighthearted Odessa 2014-03-10T03:57:01Z What he got was a supporting role in Russia’s gay Potemkin village. Inside Sochi's Only Gay Nightclub 2014-02-12T16:35:27Z Potemkin’s problem on the visit was that the reconstruction of the area was not as far along as desired. IBM's Potemkin Prosperity 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Accordingly, NBC erected its own Potemkin village for the Olympic coverage. The TV Watch: Little Bit of ‘Fantasia’ as NBC Begins Olympic Show 2014-02-08T04:07:48Z In Putin’s Potemkin Sochi Olympics, he announces a “ring of steel” security, yet liquids pass through X-rays unnoticed. In Sochi, hotel complaints fall into chasm between global spectacle and underserved population 2014-02-07T17:55:40Z Known for rigorous academics, North Carolina allegedly operated a Potemkin department since the late 1990s. The Scandal Bowl: Tar Heels Football, Academic Fraud, and Implicit Racism 2014-01-02T10:53:49Z As a result, we live in an era of government-funded Potemkin Prosperity. The Volcker Rule Makes Us Safer, But Not Safe 2013-12-13T14:44:00Z The stratagem was a personal success for Potemkin. IBM's Potemkin Prosperity 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z "If it continues to close off avenues of peaceful change, the risks of violent reaction will grow," the International Crisis Group said this week in a report entitled 'Sri Lanka's Potemkin Peace: Democracy Under Fire'. Army occupation angers Sri Lankan Tamils four years after war ends 2013-11-14T22:37:45Z At the summit of the Potemkin Stairs, which run from the sea up into the city, looms a breathtaking opera house. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z Something similar is going on with the use of public money in the notionally private industry of rail: it's a Potemkin market, nothing more. Don't be fooled by Richard Branson's defence of Virgin trains 2013-06-24T19:00:02Z In Manhattan, night life shifted to bottle service, Potemkin speakeasies and suspender-bound mixologists. The Night Comes Back to Life: The Return of the ’90s Dance Club 2013-06-12T21:41:25Z The visiting ambassadors detected the difference between the real and the fake buildings and Potemkin’s deception was in due course exposed by his political opponents. IBM's Potemkin Prosperity 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Potemkin I'm pro anything that opens communication so that NK can spend more money on food and less on warfare. Dennis Rodman's North Korea Trip: Could It Affect U.S. Policy? 2013-03-05T20:05:23Z Instead we were treated to Potemkin on the Potomac: the band members pretended to play, the director pretended to conduct, Beyoncé pretended to sing, and everybody involved pretended they didn't know for several days. Beyoncé. Horse meat. Lance Armstrong. We have to care about this contempt for the public 2013-01-27T19:30:02Z The tale of GettingBookReviews.com, which commissioned 4,531 reviews in its brief existence, is a story of a vast but hidden corner of the Internet, where Potemkin villages bursting with ardor arise overnight. Book Reviewers for Hire Meet a Demand for Online Raves 2012-08-25T18:18:19Z This led to the contradictory condition of participatory art being embraced by radical artists for its unmarketability, while serving a Potemkin function for its governmental paymasters. In the age of the Cultural Olympiad, we're all public performers 2012-07-23T19:20:00Z At first, opponents reported that the violence stopped when 300 UN monitors assigned to Syria arrived, but started back up again the minute they left, presenting a Potemkin peace to observers. Syria Presents Another Predicament for Kofi Annan and His U.N. Legacy 2012-05-30T20:05:39Z Potemkin State may have it's own cautious policies but in the worlds of arts, sports, non-profits, healthcare and tourism people are constantly traveling to countries the US deems questionable. Dennis Rodman's North Korea Trip: Could It Affect U.S. Policy? 2013-03-05T20:05:23Z England continued to ply the empress through her favorite and debauchee, Potemkin. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z When the candidate purporting to challenge Putin is accused of secretly working for the regime and labeled a “Potemkin candidate”, things get even more confusing. China, Russia and the new digital spy game 2011-12-24T13:00:00Z His Potemkin campaign’s one authentic claim -- amateurishness -- fed the Republican base’s strange cravings and catapulted him up the polls. Trump, Cain Exemplify Era of Debased Debates: Margaret Carlson 2011-12-08T01:25:04Z Massie, by the way, notes there’s no evidence this overachiever tried to fool his smart sovereign by putting up “Potemkin villages” -- mere facades with nothing behind. Catherine the Great Rides to Glory in Bio: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-12-01T02:19:01Z What Mrs. Clinton witnessed on Thursday was not a Potemkin village by any stretch. Smiles Hide Fears as Clinton Visits Flood Victims 2011-11-17T15:11:28Z Behind the Richistanis’ mansions, you’ll often find a pile of debt: “They form a Potemkin plutocracy ever fearful of being exposed.” Billionaires Go Broke, Repo Men Grab Gulfstreams, Yachts: Books 2011-11-03T04:39:28Z What will it take to make Skolkovo work on the scale of a Petersburg and not a Potemkin? Moscow?s new high-tech hub: Riddle, mystery or enigma? 2011-10-11T11:00:00Z The name of the typewriter who set up the first word of freedom was Potemkin! Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z She chose shrewdly: Gregory Orlov helped make her empress; Gregory Potemkin enlarged her empire all the way to the Crimea. Catherine the Great Rides to Glory in Bio: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-12-01T02:19:01Z In essence, Dongtan is a would-be environmental Potemkin village that never was built. Can China House Its Booming Urban Class in an Environmentally Responsible Way? 2011-08-22T13:45:05.073Z But for those who expected a Potemkin supercommittee, the presence of knowledgeable centrists, top tax writers, and powerful leadership representatives maintains the possibility of a real deal by November. Supercommittee Selections: Hope Yet for a Compromise? 2011-08-11T20:48:51Z He was polite about the modernization program put forward by President Dmitri A. Medvedev, but said Russia needed industrial revitalization, not “another Potemkin village.” Owner of N.J. Nets Raises Profile in Russian Politics 2011-08-11T17:08:13Z He reminds me perpetually of Prince Potemkin's larder, in which you could always have petits-pat�s and champagne, ad libitum, but never a morsel of bread or a drop of water! Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Both of these men were under a still higher authority, Prince Potemkin. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z It was twice taken by the Russian troops on the 13th of June, 1737, under the command of Marshal Munich, and on the 6th of December, 1788, under Potemkin. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He said it was a Potemkin Village, littered with “junk machinery” and “trash.” DealBook: Muddy Waters Research Is a Thorn to Some Chinese Companies 2011-06-10T02:08:32Z And yet it's hard to imagine the Egyptian media ever reverting to Potemkin, state-sponsored journalism. Egypt: Not Just the Facebook Revolution 2011-06-02T21:00:03Z As he toured the company, Block describes thinking it resembled a “pretty bad Potemkin factory,” referring to facades supposedly built in the 18th century to mislead Catherine the Great of Russia about the nation’s economy. Short Seller Block Takes On Paulson, Greenberg in China (1) 2011-06-06T12:57:57Z He and Nassau were both jealous of the foreigner, and Potemkin finally succeeded in having Paul Jones recalled to St. Petersburg. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z To judge from its remains, Potemkin's palace appears to have been one of truly royal magnificence; on each side are still standing wings which must have contained a great number of apartments. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z And I shall be taken to task on account of Borgia, Pizarro, St. Dominic, and Potemkin. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z But we are all only tones, as in Potemkin's orchestra every one of the sixty metallic flutes gave only one tone. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z It must be with one of the lithographic portraits hanging in the corridor in your home at Jekaterinovskoe,--Orlow, or Potemkin. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Overall the music is part of the Potemkin product range, mainly orchestral with electronics. From pop to ballet 2011-03-11T08:27:56Z The illustrious Potemkin could not understand that insurrection, for it seemed to him incredible that the Cossacks should rebel because they were granted almost all the privileges of Russian officers. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The house now occupied by the Nobles Club was formerly inhabited by the author and statesman Potemkin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z “Potemkin numbers” are phony statistics based on erroneous or nonexistent calculations. Fibbing With Numbers 2010-09-18T07:31:00Z We should not be glad of the fact that we visited this prison and they showed us a Potemkin village, and everyone patted each other on the back and said how wonderful things are. Are Russian Human Rights on the Back-Burner for the U.S.? 2010-06-05T02:50:00Z Amid a 'forest of grand theft', officials, developers and foreign executives prospered while private firms were stunted and ordinary families struggled to get by, in 'the world’s most successful Potemkin metropolis'. Banks, bankers and the new political economy 2010-04-14T14:15:00Z Unfortunately, since Potemkin's mystifications, falsehood has become a normal thing with the Russian employés, and the basis of all their proceedings, and hitherto the imperial will has been incapable of eradicating this fatal evil. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Hong Kong is no Potemkin village, but it also isn't a city on a hill. Is Hong Kong Getting Any Closer to Real Democracy? 2010-03-11T10:20:00Z “United Russia behaves horrendously in Kaliningrad, raising taxes in the middle of a crisis, failing to lobby the interests of the region in Moscow, while building a Potemkin village here.” 2010-02-02T20:29:00Z Drama and propaganda were combined in memorable features such as Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin - which was named the best film of all time at the 1958 World's Fair, the first held after World War II. 2010-01-25T12:01:00Z The people Ms. Demick observes lived, before their defections, in northeastern North Korea, far from the country’s tidy, Potemkin village-like capital, Pyongyang. 2010-01-27T05:41:00Z But Iekaterinoslav possesses one thing that distinguishes it from all the towns with which Russian civilisation is beginning to cover the south of the empire; and that is Potemkin's palace and garden. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z At the house of the Princess Potemkin she first made wondering acquaintance with, what is now fortunately a matter of course, the more refined mode of serving dinner known as � la Russe. Maria Edgeworth Potemkin endeavored, though with barbarous methods, to build up southern Russia, and remained Catherine's favorite, at a distance, till his death. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Perfidious massacre of Tartars by Potemkin, Russian general and first favorite of Catharine II. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 I applied, without loss of time, to Prince Potemkin, and, by his means, the Empress condescended to see me alone at Peterhoff. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century Besides Potemkin's Park, the town has another of great beauty, which serves as a public promenade. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Favour and power had accustomed Prince Potemkin to satisfy his slightest desires. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The name of the typesetter who set up the first word of freedom was Potemkin. Eyes Like the Sea Here is another portrait of a portrait and its painter:— Princess Potemkin is a Russian, but she has all the grace, softness, winning manner of the Polish ladies. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen As Catharine sent her Orloffs and Potemkins and Zoritchs to the State Treasury to help themselves as they saw fit, so I would gladly turn fortunes over to Henry, never asking for an accounting. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess He arrived on the 19th at St. Elizabeth, the headquarters of Prince Potemkin, the former favorite of the empress and the commander in chief of the war against the Turks. Paul Jones After every one who knew the officer in question had contradicted Potemkin, he forthwith sent off a messenger with an order to bring back with him this officer, who was then eight hundred miles away. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Three years later he was sent by Prince Potemkin to superintend a great industrial establishment at Kritchev on a tributary of the Dnieper. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. He was well received by the Empress, who forwarded him to Potemkin, then in command on the Black Sea, in a war with the Turks. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The next great exploit of Suwarrow was performed at Ismail, a Turkish town which Potemkin had been besieging for seven months. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Potemkin, under whose orders Jones stood, was of a thoroughly despotic type. Paul Jones It contained enormous diamonds given her by Potemkin, but I never saw them on her. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Potemkin was one of the most extraordinary men whom the especial circumstances of the court and country raised into public distinction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Catharine, though a woman of great energy and talent, was ruled by favorites; the most distinguished of whom were Gregory Orloff and Prince Potemkin. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Living in a luxury in his camp that contrasted strangely with the sparse conditions of Suwarrow, Potemkin was surrounded by courtiers and ladies, who made strenuous efforts to furnish the great man with amusement. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Unfortunately, Jones was not only subject to the orders of Prince Potemkin, but the immediate command of the fleet was divided between him and a thoroughly incompetent and arrogant adventurer, the Prince of Nassau. Paul Jones When, in 1791, after making her journey in the Crimea, the Empress Catherine II. returned to St. Petersburg, Prince Potemkin remained behind in command of the army, several of the generals having brought their wives. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Boundless wealth, the highest rank, and every honour which the empire could lavish on its first noble, were the prizes of Potemkin. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 In this war, Prince Potemkin, the favorite and prime minister of Catharine, greatly distinguished himself; also General Suwarrow, afterwards noted for his Polish campaigns. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges It cost the empire dearly, but Potemkin's purpose was achieved. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Shortly afterwards Jones doubted the wisdom of one of Potemkin's orders, and wrote: "Every man is master of his opinion, and this is mine." Paul Jones Plato Zouboff, a young lieutenant of the guard, succeeded Potemkin in the favour of the Empress, who showered honours and wealth upon him. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The appointment to meet the ambassador was made, and Potemkin prefaced his service by the following singular sketch of his sovereign. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Prince Potemkin, after witnessing it, summoned the author, and greeted him with the exclamation, "Die now, Denis!" Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Russia grew powerful during her reign, largely through the able work of her generals, and she forgave Potemkin a thousand insults and unblushing robberies in view of his successful statesmanship. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality When Potemkin again wrote Jones "to defend himself courageously," the latter's annotation was: "It will be hard to believe that Prince Potemkin addressed such words to Paul Jones." Paul Jones The queen of the festival observing this luxury, Potemkin whispered to her, "Since this celebration is for you, why should you be astonished at anything?" The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The British ambassador, after a long period of comparative failure, had succeeded in obtaining an audience through Potemkin—who always pretended to be powerless, yet who could do every thing which he desired. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 When two nobles had a quarrel, they fell upon one another then and there like drunken navvies, and Potemkin had an eye gouged out in a court brawl. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Potemkin possessed, in addition to his ability as a statesman, the faculty of a spectacular artist, and arranged a show for the empress which stands unrivalled amid the triumphs of the stage. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Oh,'tis a very fine world, gentlemen, especially if you whitewash it well, and keep up a plenty of Potemkin card cottages along the road which winds through the wilderness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Catherine II. sent to Prince Repnin her orders to treat for peace, to which Potemkin was strongly opposed. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The ambassador now found it necessary to look for support against the Prussian propensities of the minister; and he had recourse to Potemkin and the Orloffs, as the antagonists of Panin. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 It has had a very varied ownership, with some curious features in that connection which remind one of a gigantic game of ball between Katherine II. and Prince Potemkin. Russian Rambles The magnificent Potemkin never hesitated before any question of cost. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Prince Potemkin immediately got under march for Oczakow, to take advantage of the consternation into which that place was thrown. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 At the time of my reaching St. Petersburg, Prince Potemkin had already been there some years, but he was still spoken of as though he had been a wizard. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The favour of the throne followed alike in both instances; and Potemkin soon became the guide of the Russian councils. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Prince Gregory Orlof had been for many years the favorite of the empress, but he was now laid aside, and Count Potemkin took his place. The Empire of Russia And the city grew, on the banks of the Dnieper, eighteen million rubles being granted by the empress for its cost,—though much of this clung to the bird-lime of avarice on Potemkin's fingers. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Potemkin, who was Von Wisin's patron, felt so enchanted once after a theatrical representation of this comedy, that he advised the author to die now. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations He was laid out in a meadow and covered with his cloak, and there Potemkin breathed his last sigh, on the 15th of October, 1791, in the arms of Countess Branicka, his niece. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Suwaroff was rejected by Potemkin on account of his appearance, and it required all the art of Catherine to secure a regiment for the man who afterward shed so much luster upon the Russian arms. The Art of War Potemkin, who was then at the head of the Russian army, dreaded Catharine's displeasure should she be disappointed the third time. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 Such was the paper programme prepared by Potemkin and the empress, the minister doubtless smiling behind his sleeve, his mistress in solid earnest. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Potemkin, soldier, statesman, lover and consort of Catherine of Russia. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 July - December The famous Potemkin, her uncle, had loaded her with wealth, for which she had no use. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun There were also the names of Mrs. Shelley and the Princess Potemkin, and I saw written on the wall, the autograph of Jean Reboul, the celebrated modern French poet. Views a-foot At that moment a courier rode up at full speed with dispatches from Potemkin. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 We went from Madame Potemkin to Madame d'Haussonville's, with her we found Madame de Bouillé playing at billiards, just in the attitude in which we had left her three months ago. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 We spent a very pleasant day at dear Madame de Roquefeuille's, at Versailles; and, returning, we paid a latish visit to the Princess Potemkin. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Saddam Hussein and the Iraqis' invasion of Kuwait demonstrate when this Potemkin Village model can backfire. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance When the Empress Catharine visited the recently conquered Krimea, Potemkin raised to her honour a triumphal arch, with the motto—"Hereby is the road to Constantinople." Select Speeches of Kossuth "It is I," replied the courier, "who brought dispatches from Prince Potemkin yesterday evening." International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 After leaving Madame Potemkin's we went to see—whom do you think? The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 I forgot to tell you that Prince Potemkin is nephew to the famous Potemkin. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 The day before the bombardment, General Potemkin, accompanied by General Larionoff, arrived at Kazan. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian You know that in the Crimea, in the time of Catherine, Potemkin wrote the words, "Here passes the way to Constantinople." Select Speeches of Kossuth I did not think her lord looked as if he would drive Prince Potemkin out of Bulgaria; but we trust that a new Frederick of Prussia and a new William Pitt will. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 But whether Princess or not Princess, our Madame Potemkin is most charming, and you may bless your stars that you are not obliged to read a page of panegyric upon her. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 In such a mock "modern state" no wonder Russia ended up with a Potemkin "middle class". Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era This acrimonious divorce between appearances and essence, facade and truth, the Potemkin and the real - is a facet of daily life, of the most mundane exchanges, of the most trivial pursuits. After the Rain : how the West lost the East With a wave of his hand, Potemkin dismissed the unhappy jeweller, who left that princely den of extortion a broken-hearted, ruined man. Joseph II. and His Court He recalled all the words spoken at that first meeting with Potemkin. War and Peace At a later period, as we have already said, he became an admiral and a favorite of Potemkin, the fourth of Catharine's lovers. The Daughter of an Empress Potemkin, Richelieu, Mazarin, those men of thought and action, all three of whom made or laid the foundation of empires, each left over three hundred millions behind them. Catherine De Medici The deal was simple: mumble the mantras of the West, establish Potemkin institutions, keep peace and order in your corner of the world, give the West strategic access to your territory. After the Rain : how the West lost the East "Out, the whole gang of you!" cried Potemkin; and there was a simultaneous exodus of officers, pages, and valets. Joseph II. and His Court All the campaigns against Turkey prove this, from Potemkin’s time to the last Eastern war in 1878, entered upon with every advantage of a well-nursed prestige and a carefully fostered fanaticism. Notes on Life and Letters While Potemkin spoke thus, he clinched his fist, and his herculean arm was raised as if to fell his invisible enemies. Joseph II. and His Court Gunther was introduced, who bowed low to Potemkin, passed on, and delivered his note. Joseph II. and His Court These are Potemkin states run by Chicago mobs. After the Rain : how the West lost the East As they neared the fleet, Potemkin, pointing out the five-and-twenty vessels-of-war, exclaimed "These ships await my sovereign's word to spread their sails to the wind, and steer for Constantinople!" Joseph II. and His Court "Read," said Potemkin, "for doubtless the emperor has good reason for his haste." Joseph II. and His Court The count presented it at once, and Potemkin eagerly tore it open. Joseph II. and His Court In spite of the slight, Count von Gortz came forward with a gracious smile, as Potemkin, slightly nodding, passed on to a seat, and waved his hand for the count to take another. Joseph II. and His Court "Let us hear it," replied Potemkin, with indifference. Joseph II. and His Court All the pomp and splendor which Potemkin had conjured from the ashes of a conquered country, could not deceive Joseph. Joseph II. and His Court Catharine was speechless with fright, and Potemkin, exasperated at her silence, raised his clinched hand, and looked so fierce, that the czarina fell backward almost upon her knees, murmuring—"Potemkin, would you kill me!" Joseph II. and His Court And Potemkin flung himself at Catharine's feet, crying out: "Kill me, Catharine, that I may not go mad for remorse of my treason!" Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin rose with the promptness of a well-trained slave, and said, humbly: "Imperial mistress, speak—and, by the grave of my mother, I will answer truthfully." Joseph II. and His Court In a few moments Potemkin returned with the paper. Joseph II. and His Court And in this wise Prince Potemkin entered his cabinet. Joseph II. and His Court "I should like to see whether they will dare to return MY signature," cried Potemkin, fiercely. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin took the etui and without opening it laid it on the table beside him. Joseph II. and His Court Then he went jnto ecstasies over the genius and statesmanship of Potemkin, and besought him to uphold the interests of Prussia. Joseph II. and His Court Really," said Potemkin, laughing, "the mysterious phrase is significant. Joseph II. and His Court The page, apparently, was accustomed to the order, for he rose briskly from his knees, and approaching the cup to Potemkin's lips, allowed the chocolate to trickle slowly down his princely throat. Joseph II. and His Court "Did the courier from Berlin bring any letters to the czarina?" asked Potemkin, as he ceased walking and stood before Von Gortz. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin approached the count, and whispered in his ear. Joseph II. and His Court "I believe that Prussia means fairly," said Potemkin, when he found himself once more alone. Joseph II. and His Court "Ah, Count Cobenzl is still mad on the subject of the drama," replied Potemkin, laughing. Joseph II. and His Court "Is the jeweller there?" asked he of the officer at the door, and as the latter bowed his head, Potemkin added, "Admit him, and after him the minister of police." Joseph II. and His Court When she raised the portiere, there sat Potemkin in the fulness of his satisfaction, ready to greet her with his most beaming smiles. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin kissed her hand again and again, and vanished through the tapestry by a secret door, which led to a small corridor connected with the czarina's private apartments. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin, meanwhile, vouchsafed not a look at any one of them. Joseph II. and His Court In this neglige, Potemkin approached the door of his anteroom. Joseph II. and His Court When Potemkin felt himself quite alone, he leaned back in his arm-chair with an ugly frown. Joseph II. and His Court While his long mane was being combed into order, Potemkin amused himself playing like a juggler with three little golden balls, while the pale and trembling jeweller stood wondering what new robbery awaited him now. Joseph II. and His Court Pretty good," sneered Potemkin, "but unfortunately not original, for the little count received a similar compliment in Paris. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin threw himself back, and in an attitude of thoughtfulness raised his eyes to the rich pictured ceiling above him. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin has essentially damaged your fleet; he has ruined your army; and what is worse, he has lowered you in the estimation of your subjects, and of the world. Joseph II. and His Court But, by the eternal God! she shall learn that she has a master, and that her master is Potemkin! Joseph II. and His Court "Why do you weep, Potemkin?" said Catharine, hastening to his side. Joseph II. and His Court Catharine knew that the voice was Potemkin's, and that he was calling her to the secret apartments which she had fitted up, for her lover. Joseph II. and His Court "It would appear that diamonds do not abound in Prussia," replied Potemkin, with a gesture of slight toward the cross on his breast. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin, whose indifference had all vanished as he listened, opened the casket with some eagerness; and an exclamation of rapture fell from his lips, as he surveyed its costly contents. Joseph II. and His Court And without the slightest regard to the station of his visitor, Potemkin sat for half an hour, revolving in his mind what sort of reception he should give to Frederick's overtures. Joseph II. and His Court Your interests are mine, for it is no longer a question of Austria or Prussia, but of Potemkin or Orloff! Joseph II. and His Court Nothing here was to be seen save a blank, white wall, which separated Potemkin's dwelling from the palace of the czarina. Joseph II. and His Court "So treacherous, I will not believe Potemkin to be!" Joseph II. and His Court "I cannot chide HIM, Potemkin, for he would have befriended YOU." Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin replied to this question by a loud laugh. Joseph II. and His Court He came, and seeing Potemkin, looked surprised, but bowed with a gracious smile. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin laid his finger upon his lip, and pointed to the cabinet. Joseph II. and His Court Oh, you noble, unsuspecting woman!" cried Potemkin, ardently, "you know nothing of the egotism of the world. Joseph II. and His Court The empress nodded, and Potemkin, drawing the key from his pocket, unlocked the door and disappeared. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin's eyes flashed fire, but he controlled himself, and said, "Where is the scene of the drama laid?" Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin took it from her hand and tore it to pieces. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin made a deep and respectful salutation, and left the room. Joseph II. and His Court As Potemkin spoke, Catharine's eyes were turned to the south, where Stamboul still defied her rule, and ambitious aspirations filled her heart. Joseph II. and His Court Joseph, however, looked down upon the foaming waters, and no one saw the curl of his lip, as Catharine and Potemkin continued the subject, and spoke of the future Greek empire. Joseph II. and His Court Suddenly Potemkin, ashamed of his raptures, closed the casket with a click and pushed it aside. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin invited Catharine and Joseph to dinner served in a pavilion erected for the occasion. Joseph II. and His Court On another occasion, Joseph was sailing around the bay of Sebastopol, in company with the empress, Potemkin, and the French ambassador. Joseph II. and His Court Here he witnessed a great triumph prepared for Catharine by Potemkin. Joseph II. and His Court When Potemkin named her son, her whole bearing changed. Joseph II. and His Court "Joseph II" "I was right; it was not my secret apprehensions which conjured those spectral letters," cried Potemkin; "they are really the writing of the emperor, and Gregory Orloff is here." Joseph II. and His Court "He shall never enjoy that triumph," muttered Potemkin. Joseph II. and His Court After much going to and fro, Potemkin stopped, and his countenance was expressive of courage and resolve. Joseph II. and His Court I believe you," replied Potemkin, with returning calmness, "for it is your interest to be there. Joseph II. and His Court "How dare you interrupt me?" cried Potemkin, stamping his foot. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin," cried she, struggling to detain him, "I shall never, never mistrust you again. Joseph II. and His Court "If I find it so, Potemkin shall feel the weight of my vengeance, and nothing shall save him!" cried Catharine, her eyes darting fire. Joseph II. and His Court "Then you confess that the great Potemkin has faults, do you!" Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin deserves all that you say of him, but I have not the heart to punish him as he deserves. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin had written it in former years, and she had shed tears of emotion when she heard it—tears which at that time were as precious to him as were his finest diamonds to-day. Joseph II. and His Court Here, as though he had felt the shock of the ball, Potemkin sprang from his seat, and swung his hands above his head. Joseph II. and His Court She uttered a wild scream of terror, for on this divan sat—Potemkin. Joseph II. and His Court "His excellency the Count von Gortz, ambassador of his majesty the King of Prussia," said the officer, who announced the visitors of Potemkin. Joseph II. and His Court For the first time Potemkin betrayed his satisfaction by a triumphant smile. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin, without any appearance of surprise, took it and broke the seal. Joseph II. and His Court "No, no," said Potemkin, "but read this, that I may be sure I do not dream." Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin, on the sofa, was looking the picture of indifference; his eyes half-shut and his tall form stretched out at full length, he seemed just to have awakened from sleep. Joseph II. and His Court If Potemkin is obnoxious to you, speak the word, and I annihilate him. Joseph II. and His Court "Potemkin," said she, imperiously, "I command you to rise and answer my questions." Joseph II. and His Court At the conclusion of his peroration, Potemkin knelt down and passionately kissed the hem of Catharine's robe. Joseph II. and His Court My blood boils at the very thought of being connected to Potemkin. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin drew from his bosom the letter he had that morning received from Frederick. Joseph II. and His Court Shut the door, Potemkin, close the portiere, for in good sooth I know not whether I am about to laugh or cry. Joseph II. and His Court "I have never seen any," answered Potemkin, with a yawn. Joseph II. and His Court "True, Prussia has Orloff, Panin, and the grand duke—" "And who tells you that Prussia has not Potemkin also?" cried the prince, laughing. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin waved them off, and rose from the ottoman. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin sprang from the sofa with a howl of rage. Joseph II. and His Court At last Potemkin stood directly before her, and spoke. Joseph II. and His Court "If Potemkin is obnoxious to you, speak the word, and I annihilate him." Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin heaved a sigh, and freeing himself from Catharine's arms, fell back upon the sofa, buried his face in his hands, and sobbed convulsively. Joseph II. and His Court "Ah!—she seems to be inclined toward this little emperor," muttered Potemkin. Joseph II. and His Court "And Prussia?" asked Potemkin, with a significant smile. Joseph II. and His Court "Check to the king, then," cried Potemkin, "and checkmate will soon follow." Joseph II. and His Court Again a dead silence; and again those stiff forms stood reverentially around, while Potemkin, with an air of ennui and satiety, watched the blue wreaths that rose from his pipe to the ceiling. Joseph II. and His Court Silent and disdainful, Potemkin walked through the lines of obsequious courtiers that fell back as he passed, here and there condescending to greet some nobleman of wealth or influence. Joseph II. and His Court "This is indeed a princely gift," cried the covetous Potemkin, perfectly dazzled by the magnificence, and intoxicated by the possession of all these riches. Joseph II. and His Court Potemkin listened with an occasional yawn, and finally interrupted him. Joseph II. and His Court The jeweller made a salam, and muttered some unintelligible words of which Potemkin took no notice. Joseph II. and His Court "I shall pay you in advance," replied Potemkin, with a laugh. Joseph II. and His Court He comes as his own ambassador," cried Potemkin, laughing, "and he could not have chosen a worse one than Count Falkenstein. Joseph II. and His Court "Truly your spies are great detectives," cried Potemkin. Joseph II. and His Court Just then there was a knock at the door, and Potemkin, who was standing with his fist clinched and his teeth set, fell back into his seat. Joseph II. and His Court "It is well, Count Cobenzl," said Potemkin, greeting the minister, "that you did not come five minutes later, for you would not have met me at all." Joseph II. and His Court |
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