Commander Potemkin biography

The Caucasian War of the Russian-Turkish war is the battle of Large with the Turks, on July 7. The battle of Kagul with the Turks, on August 1, the battle of Olte. The assault on Ochakova on August 14, the battle of the Fokshany with the Turks, July 21, the capture of Bender. The brightest Prince of Tauride, Field Marshal, statesman Grigory Potemkin came from the family of a small nobleman.

Gregory's father was a retired major, and although from childhood he attributed his son to the horse regiment, he did not dream of a military career for his son. At his request, Gregory enters the Smolensk Theological Seminary, and after the death of his father, when the whole family moved to Moscow, he began to attend an educational institution in the German Sloboda. In the year, Gregory enters the gymnasium at Moscow University, where he shows abilities and successes in the study of sciences, for which he is awarded with a gold medal.

In addition, among the best twelve students, he was represented by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.

Soon, the study of sciences Gregory became uninteresting, and he was expelled "for laziness and non -ity in classes." It happened in the year. In the same year, Potemkin entered the service in the horse regiment with the rank of Vakhmistr. Two years later, Grigory Potemkin became an active participant in the palace coup, and Catherine II entered the throne in the second seconds of the guard.

Potemkin became a chamberlain and took part in the work of various commissions, but did not have a noticeable role at court. Grigory Alexandrovich’s general abilities manifested themselves during the Russo-Turkish war-years. His active and skillful actions against the Turks near the Fokshany, Largo and Kagul drew the attention of the empress to him. At the end of the war, he was called to St.

Petersburg, where he received the position of Adjutant General and the post of vice-president of the Military College. In addition, Potemkin was erected to the count dignity and became the favorite of the empress. He became the closest adviser to Catherine, taking part in solving many as domestic and foreign policy issues. In the year, Potemkin is one of the active participants in the suppression of the uprising of E.

Pugachev, and in the year his efforts were liquidated by the Zaporizhzhya Sich. His merits to the Fatherland brought him the title of the Serene Prince of the Roman Empire and the appointment of the Governor General of the Novorossiysk, Astrakhan and Azov provinces. Potemkin passionately wanted to conquer Turkey and create in its place the "Greek Empire". He managed to convince Catherine of the need to colonize Crimea and the creation of a navy on the Black Sea.

Having shown outstanding diplomatic abilities, Potemkin managed to join the Crimea to the territory of Russia as a result of negotiations with the Chagin-Girem Khan. For Ethtuspech, he was granted by the title of Prince Tauride. Not sparing himself either himself or people, Grigory Alexandrovich began to transform and improve the new territory. To date, researchers argue about the so -called “Potemkin villages” - fake buildings to create the effect of well -being of the region during a visit to Crimea Ekaterina II.

Let us leave this, but undoubtedly the fact that Potemkin managed to do a huge work to resettle people, build cities and roads in this region in a short time, create a military and trade fleet. Together with Catherine, Crimea was visited by Joseph II, who described this journey as follows: “We, in Germany and in France, would not dare to do what was being done here in the year of Potemkin was made in the rank of Field Marshal and appointed President of the Military College.

He conducted a number of military transformations and replaced in the army the form of the Prussian pattern with a simpler and more convenient without bucks, powder and wigs. В отличие от других фаворитов, Потемкин сохранил свое влияние и могущество при дворе до последних дней. His last military campaign was the Russian-Turkish war-the years where he commanded the army. Having passed the whole war, Grigory Alexandrovich died on the road from Yass, where peace negotiations passed.