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Gregory Potyomkin

1739–1791

Born
24 Sep 1739, Chizhevo
Country of birth
Russian Empire, today Russia
Died
16 Oct 1791, Rădenii Vechi
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  • Birth24 Sep 1739, ChizhevoProbable1 source
  • Death16 Oct 1791, Rădenii VechiProbable1 source
  • ParentAlexander PotemkinConfirmed1 source
  • ParentDarya KondyrevaConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born · Chizhevo

    Birth, Chizhevo

  2. Child born: Elizabeth Grigoryevna Temkina

    Birth, Moscow

  3. Died · Rădenii Vechi

    Death, Rădenii Vechi

What was it like?

The world around Chizhevo, 1739: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Gregory was born around the same time as Ivan VI of Russia, Isabelle de Charrière, and Giovanni Paisiello.

Known for

Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman, and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Iași, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

Born around the same time

  • Ivan VI of Russia

    1740 · The fifth Emperor of Russia (1740–1741)

  • Isabelle de Charrière

    1740 · Dutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)

  • Giovanni Paisiello

    1740 · Italian composer of the Classical era (1740-1816)

  • Carl Michael Bellman

    1740 · Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795)

  • James Watt

    1736 · British engineer (1736–1819)

  • Joseph-Louis Lagrange

    1736 · Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

Prices and wages

Food prices in Saint Petersburg

In Saint Petersburg during the 1730s and 1740s, a pood (approximately 16 kg) of rye flour cost 27 kopecks, while beef cost 80 kopecks per pood.

During their lifetime

  1. 1769

    Introduction of Paper Money

    The government introduced paper money, known as assignats, for the first time in 1769, though ordinary people initially distrusted them and preferred metal coins.

  2. 1771

    The 1771 Moscow Plague Epidemic

    A devastating bubonic plague epidemic killed between 52,000 and 100,000 people in Moscow, about one-sixth to one-third of the city's population.

  3. 1773

    The Pugachev Peasant Revolt

    A massive peasant and Cossack uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev broke out, threatening the social structure of the empire.

Family

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Ancestors and children

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.