‘Tis Potemkin himself!’ On the 280th Anniversary of the Birth of Prince Grigory Potemkin of Taurida

	Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin of Taurida (1739–1791)		Hühne's Series of Paintings Glorifying Catherine II
	Potemkin's efforts to develop industry and factories		Catherine II and Potemkin
	Potemkin's Foreign Policy Activities		Catherine II and Potemkin
	Potemkin's Military Reforms		Books from Potemkin's Library
	The Potemkin Service		Cameos and Jewellery from Catherine II's collection
	The Russo-Turkish Wars in Catherine's Reign		Books from Potemkin's Library
	The Russo-Turkish Wars in Catherine's Reign		The death of Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin
	Catherine II's Journey to Novorossia and the Crimea		Musical mechanisms from Potemkin's collection
	The Russo-Turkish Wars in Catherine's Reign		Potemkin's Palaces
	Portrait of Prince Potemkin by Francesco Casanova		Cameo Service
	Catherine II's Journey to Novorossia and the Crimea		Potemkin's collections
	Potemkin's Activities in Novorossia and the Crimea		Potemkin's Painting Collection
	The Turkish Tent		Potemkin's Painting Collection
	Views of the Crimea Painted by William Hadfield		Potemkin's Painting Collection
	The Interaction of European and Eastern Cultures in the 18th Century		Derzhavin's Works
	M.M. Ivanov's Watercolours

‘Tis Potemkin himself!’ On the 280th Anniversary of the Birth of Prince Grigory Potemkin of Taurida

The year 2019 saw the 280th anniversary of the birth of one of the most significant statemen in 18th-century Russian history – the Serene Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin of Taurida. To mark this occasion, the State Hermitage has prepared a large-scale exhibition to be held in the state rooms of the Winter Palace.

More than a thousand museum items are presented in the exhibition – works of fine and applied art, books and documents. They paint a vivid, multifaceted picture of Potemkin, telling about his personal life and his main accomplishments in domestic and foreign policy and in the realm of warfare. A considerable number of the exhibits, many of which are on public show for the first time, are memorial items that come from the personal collections of Potemkin and Catherine II.

The exhibition has been organized by the State Hermitage with the participation of the museum of the Saint Petersburg Mining University, the State Memorial Museum of Alexander Suvorov, the Pavlovsk and Tsarskoye Selo State Museum Preserves, the State Russian Museum, the State Russian Museum and private collectors.