P's policy for 360-2, 438, 446, 454, 471-
4,475,477,478-9 Revolution 440, 446, 471, 473 separation from Russia 411, 418, 421, 437 support for Turkey 218 threat from Prussia 437 Pole Carew, Reginald 45, 269, 270, 279,
300П, 303, 339, 340, 344 Poltava, Battle of 15, 25, 379 Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poison, Madame d'Etoiles, Marquise and Duchesse de 178 Poniatowski, Prince Stanislas 226 Poniatowski, Stanislas (King Stanislas- Augustus of Poland) 38, 42, 48,182, 238, 352, 396, 446 affair with С 35, 36, 37, 121, 165
becomes king of Poland 56, 57-8 on С 30
С gives birth to daughter of 3 5 honours given to P 127 as person 365 Polish opposition to 77 political negotiations with С 360, 361, 365-7
representatives 357, 364 wish to return to С 54-5, 365 Popov, Vasily Stepanovich 9, 10, 259, 265, 278, 280, 299, 333, 335, 347, 435, 452, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 488-9, 494 Porter, General Horace 495 potato growing 301 Potato War 204, 221, 323 Potemkin, Alexander Vasilievich (father)
15-16, 17, 22 Potemkin-Tavrichesky, Prince Grigory Alexandrovich: affairs 4, 184, 185, 194-5, 239, 316, 341, 352, 358, 382, 407-8, 433-4, 442-5, 448, 460-1 with nieces 4, 184, 185-94, 195, 238-9 burial places 27m, 492-3, 498, 499-502 gravestone 501 tomb excavations 499-501 death 7, 8, 157П, 480 autopsy and embalming 487 funeral 492-3 marking spot 9 memorial pillar 498 people's reactions to 487-90 premonitions of 470, 479, 481 finances 127, 435-7, 488-9 life:
Admiral of Black Sea and Caspian Sea
Fleets 385 appointed Grand Hetman of Black Sea
and Ekaterinoslav Host 439-40 army paymaster 73-4 becomes Prince of Holy Roman Empire
155 birth 13, 17 childhood 17-20, 22-4 at College of War 123,126,151, 259, 264 in coup against Peter 41, 43, 45-6, 50, 78 at Court 53, 62, 65-6, 67-8, 69-70, 72- 3
Court at Kiev 357-8
and Crimea 243-60, 272-3, 280, 281,
284, 285-6, 289, 293 cruise down Dnieper 363-75 daily routine 328-47
Potemkin-Tavrichesky, Prince Grigory Alexandrovich - contd life - contd decorations 81, 83, 127-8, 155, 156 education 19, 20, 23, 24-5 encouraging cultivation of land 287-9, 301
encouraging trade and manufacture 288,
289-90, 299-300 enrolling for military service 24 fighting war against Turks 385-429 foreign assignment 69-70 giving masquerade ball 466, 467-71 in Guards 29-31, 41, 49, 50-1, 53, 75, 124
in Holy Synod 70-1, 72, 73 illnesses and hypochondria 1-7,117,182, 257, 333, 335-6, 383, 385, 386, 389, 407, 481-6 lands in Poland 360, 446 last journey 1-7, 485-6 legends about 10 losing eye 71
military command 417, 491-2 as monk 100-1
move into imperial palaces 112-13 move to Moscow 22-3 move to St Petersburg 25 Polish naturalization 14 Polish noble status 238 preparations for C's journey to South
351-4, 356-7, 380 promoted to Field-Marshal 259 receives Empress's portrait 145 rewards for support 51, 53, 72-3, 78,
160-1 in State Council 125-6 summoned to Court 94-8, 101-2 title of Tavrichevsky 379 titles 2
as viceroy of South 259, 263-94 war hero 76-93 withdrawing from Court 71-2 personaclass="underline" ambitions 13, 23-4 Anglophilia 288, 302-7 appearance 2, 30, 54, 72, 109-10, 251-
2, 329, 460 art collecting 306-7 attitude to fighting wars 406 character 330,33 8-9 dealing with sycophants 335 diplomacy 203
dress 113, 124, 145, 181, 332 ease with women 18 family background 13-17 friendships 37, 250, 298, 338 with Cossacks 86 habits 113-14
humanity and generosity 339, 400, 410-
11,490, 492 intelligence 23, 343 jealousy 103, 119-20, 125, 152, 159 and Jews 282-4 knowledge 343-5 lack of prejudice 283 lack of vindictiveness 240, 241, 339 love of English gardens 304-6, 347 love of food 339-40 love of gambling 37, 345-6 love of jewels 337-8 love of music 330-2 love of reading 24-5 mimicry 53-4, 315
moodiness 72, 118-19, I2°, *49, 333~4, 393
political ideas 344-5 religious interest 3, 23, 71-2, 149, 233, 345
sexual equipment 115 shyness 338
as statesman 175, 191, 196 tastes 113
tolerance towards subordinates 3 3 6-7 understanding of commerce 233 writing poetry 294
relationship with С 2, 54, 62, 65-6, 69, 85, 88-9, 90-1, 94, 101-5, 3°7, 32°"2, 388, 396, 409, 420, 453-4, 462, 463,
464-5,477-9, 491
consoling С 312-14 correspondence 4-6, 10, 92-3, 111-12, 114-15, 116-21, 123, 135, 136, 138- 9, 148, 151, 153-4, 222, 253~4, 257, 314, 356, 385, 386-7, 388-9, 477-8,
483,484-5
crisis 474-6, 478
C's names for no, 111, 115, 119
first meeting with С 47, 49
introduction to С 53-4
life together 109-61
marriage 24П, 136-41, 147-50, 151-4,
156, 159-61, 165, 174, 181, 183-4 wedding 136-8 nicknames for С 111 problems 151-4, 156, 159-61 rendezvous 17, 19, 102, 116, 122-3 relationship with C's lovers 5, 166-7, 168, 169, 170, 173, 175, 178-9, 180, 181- 3, 314-17, 324-5, 326, 423, 424-5, 441
Potemkin, Hans-Tarasy 14 Potemkin, Illarion 14 Potemkin, Archbishop Iov 499, 502 Potemkin, Ivan 14
Potemkin, Mikhail Sergeievich (cousin) 141,
168, 192, 238, 252, 488-9, 496 Potemkin, Count Pavel Sergeievich (cousin) 168
accused of murder 489П in Crimea 253, 254 death 489П honour for 172
investigating salt production 141 in Second Russo-Turkish War 396, 448 signing Treaty 256
suppressing Pugachev Rebellion 115, 124-
5, 129, 131-3 as viceroy 291, 292 viceroy of Caucasus 192, 489П Potemkin, Peter Ivanovich 14-15 Potemkin, Sergei (cousin) 17 Potemkin Villages 10, 263, 294, 379-83, 498
Potemkina, Daria Vasilievna (mother) (nee
Kondyreva) 16-17, 22, 23, 29, 150, 227-8
Potemkina, Nadezhda (sister) 18 Potemkina, Praskovia Andreevna {nee Zakrevskaya) 392, 407, 433-4, 442 Potemkinskaya 133-4 Potocki, Felix 361, 362, 472, 473, 482, 496 Potocki, Ignacy 361, 362 Potocki, Yuri 496 Praga, Battle of 390 Prashkovsky, Battle of 80 pretenders 95, 96-8, 129П, 141-4 see also Pugachev