Grigory Potemkin

Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (Russian:Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий; ‘Potyomkin’, r Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Potyomkin-Tavricheskiy; October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739 – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791,) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.