Po·tem·kin 
(pō-tĕmkĭn, pə-, pə-tyôm-), Grigori Aleksandrovich 1739-1791.
(pō-tĕmkĭn, pə-, pə-tyôm-), Grigori Aleksandrovich 1739-1791. Russian army officer and politician. The lover of Catherine the Great, he helped her seize power in 1762.