Pavel Potemkin

Pavel Potemkin
Павел Потёмкин
Viceroy of Caucasus
In office
1785–1787
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byPeter Tekeli
Personal details
BornJuly 8th [O.S. June 27th], 1743
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedApril 9th [O.S. March 28th], 1796
Moscow, Russian Empire
Resting placeChurch of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Nikolskoye-Kolchevo, Podolsk district, Moscow Governorate
SpousePraskovya Andreevna Zakrevskaya
Alma materImperial Moscow University
OccupationStatesman, soldier, writer
AwardsOrder of St. George, 4th degree, Order of St. George, 3rd degree, Golden Weapon for Bravery, Order of St Anne, Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Order of St. George, 2nd degree
Military service
AllegianceRussian Empire
Branch/serviceImperial Russian Army
Years of service1756–1796
RankGeneral-in-chief
UnitSemyonovsky Life Guards Regiment
Battles/wars

Count Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin, sometimes spelled Potyomkin or Potiomkin (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Потёмкин; 1743–1796) was a Russian statesman, soldier, and writer.

He was a cousin of Prince Grigory Potemkin, a well-known military and political figure of Empress Catherine the Great’s Russia. He took part in the wars with the rebel adventurer Yemelyan Pugachev, the Ottoman Empire, the Bar Confederation, and in the Kościuszko Uprising. He signed the Treaty of Georgievsk with King Heraclius II of Georgia in 1783.