# Pyotr Potemkin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pyotr_Potemkin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pyotr_Potemkin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Potemkin > Source revision: 1305809776 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Russian nobleman and politician (1617–1700) You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (October 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. 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For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. *Pyotr Potemkin* by [Godfrey Kneller](/source/Godfrey_Kneller) **Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Пётр Ива́нович Потёмкин; 1617–1700), also spelled **Potyomkin**, was a Russian [courtier](/source/Courtier), [diplomat](/source/Diplomacy) and [namestnik](/source/Namestnik) of [Borovsk](/source/Borovsk) during the reigns of tsars [Alexis I](/source/Alexis_I_of_Russia) and [Feodor III](/source/Feodor_III_of_Russia). He was a [voivode](/source/Voivode) during the [Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)](/source/Russo-Polish_War_(1654%E2%80%931667)) and took [Lublin](/source/Lublin) in 1655[1] and [laid siege to Nyenschantz](/source/Siege_of_Nyenschantz_(1656)) and [Noteborg](/source/Noteborg) in 1656.[2] Later he became a [stolnik](/source/Stolnik#Stolnik_in_Russia) working as the tsar's ambassador. ## Service Potemkin led the embassy to [Spain](/source/Habsburg_Spain) and [France](/source/Early_Modern_France) between 1667 and 1668. This embassy established regular diplomatic relations between Russia and Spain. A colorful portrait of Pyotr Potemkin by Spanish painter [Juan Carreño de Miranda](/source/Juan_Carre%C3%B1o_de_Miranda) is on display in [Museo del Prado](/source/Museo_del_Prado) in [Madrid](/source/Madrid). During his envoy to France he introduced a new term, *Avgardent* (Авгардент), into the Russian diplomatic vocabulary.[3] The term meant "distilled spirits", especially [Cognacs](/source/Cognac_(drink)) and [Armagnacs](/source/Armagnac_(drink)). Potemkin considered them harmful and advocated a complete ban on their import to Russia. He travelled to [Vienna](/source/Vienna) in 1674 to discuss common actions against Polish king [John III Sobieski](/source/John_III_Sobieski). He also was the envoy of [Feodor III](/source/Feodor_III) to France and [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England) in 1681. He died in 1700 in the rank of an [okolnichy](/source/Okolnichy). ## Legend According to legend, Pyotr Potemkin, as a diplomat, had an eccentric sense of national pride. During his negotiations in Madrid he insisted that the King of Spain take off his hat every time Potemkin mentioned the title of [Tsar of All Russias](/source/Tsar#Full_style_of_Russian_Sovereigns).[4] During his embassy to [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), the [Danish](/source/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway) king was ill and could receive Potemkin only lying in bed. Potemkin insisted that the Danes bring a second bed into the chamber and conducted all the talks lying down, thus showing the equality between the countries.[4] Famous Russian statesman Prince [Grigory Potemkin](/source/Grigory_Potemkin) was a distant relative. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Brian Davies, *Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe, 1500–1700*, (Routledge, 2007), 122. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Peter Englund, *Den oövervinnerlige*, (Atlantis, 2000) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Great Culinary Dictionary](https://supercook.ru/vocab01.html) (in Russian) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Zubkov_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Zubkov_4-1) [Alexander Zubkov *His Serene Highness*, Open!', Spring 2003](http://www.openmag.ru/archive/articul_206.html?sList=8&idList=17) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived 2012-09-05 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today) (in Russian) ## External links - Media related to [Pyotr Potemkin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Petr_Potemkin) at Wikimedia Commons - [History of diplomatic relations between Spain and Russia](https://web.archive.org/web/20041216002205/http://www.spain.mid.ru/otn4.html) (in Russian) - This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): *[Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary](/source/Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary)* (in Russian). 1906. {{[cite encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_encyclopedia)}}: Missing or empty |title= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#citation_missing_title)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States Poland Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pyotr Potemkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Potemkin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Potemkin?action=history)). 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