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Catherine the Great: The Greek Plan & Potemkin's False Cities — Fexingo History
Apr 23, 2026 ·
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Catherine the Great: The Greek Plan & Potemkin's False Cities — Fexingo History
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In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into Catherine the Great's audacious 'Greek Plan' — her dream of reconquering Constantinople and resurrecting the Byzantine Empire under her grandson Constantine. They...
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In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into Catherine the Great's audacious 'Greek Plan' — her dream of reconquering Constantinople and resurrecting the Byzantine Empire under her grandson Constantine. They explore how Prince Grigory Potemkin orchestrated the annexation of Crimea in 1783, founded the Black Sea fleet at Sevastopol, and built the legendary 'Potemkin villages' — not fake settlements, but a high-stakes stagecraft designed to impress the empress and her foreign guests. The conversation covers the Russo-Turkish wars, the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, the founding of Kherson and Yekaterinoslav, and the 1787 imperial tour of New Russia. Did Potemkin deceive Catherine, or did she knowingly play along? They also touch on Catherine's correspondence with Voltaire, the myth of the 'Potemkin village,' and the legacy of Russian expansion into the Black Sea.
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#CatherineTheGreat #Potemkin #GreekPlan #Crimea #RussoTurkishWar #BlackSeaFleet #Sevastopol #Kherson #Yekaterinoslav #TreatyOfKKKaynarca #ByzantineEmpire #Constantine #Voltaire #NewRussia #18thCentury #RussianEmpire #History #FexingoHistory #18thCenturyHistory #EasternEurope
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