    
Title: Prince Gregory Potemkin Description: A marble statue of Prince Gregory Potemkin (September 24, 1739-October 16, 1791), a Russian general and field marshal who died of a fever while traveling in Bessarabia, a province on the Black Sea, only months after concluding the treaty which ended the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774); the war was a Russian victory that brought the Southern Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, and Crimea to the Russian Empire; a favorite of Russian Empress Catherine II of Russia (AKA: Catherine the Great; May 2, 1729-November 17, 1796), she was devastated at the news of his death and later commissioned the statue in his honor and memory; Category: Russia Topic: Catherine the Great Keywords: Bessarabia, eighteenth century Russia, empresses, field marshals, generals, Russia, Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774), Turkey. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 2175 x 3560 (7.74 MPixels) (1.64) Print Size: 18.4 x 30.1 cm; 7.3 x 11.9 inches File Size: 22.18 MB (23,254,794 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000259355c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
