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Etymology
Purportedly named for fake settlements erected at the direction of Russian minister w:Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin|Grigori Alexsandrovich Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787.
Noun
en-noun|sg=Potemkin village
- idiom Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances.
Translations
trans-top|any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances
Dutch: t|nl|potemkindorp|n
German: t|de|potemkinsch|alt=potemkinsches t+|de|Dorf|n
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Russian: t|ru|по��мкин�кие де�евни|sc=Cyrl (pot'ómkinskije d'er'évni) p
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