Potemkin. Catherine"s Eagle

Gregory Alexandrovich Potemkin is one of the most famous and conflicting personalities of the eighteenth "of the gallant" century. The son of a poor retired Major, he reached the most vertices of the state power of Russia, became the closest assistant to the Russian Empress Catherine Great. Some historians believe that Grigory Potemkin did more for Russia in the south more than Peter 1 in the north. He founded the Black Sea Fleet, joined the Crimea to Russia, founded a whole network of cities, made reforms in the army. He was respected and afraid: foreign monarchs were awarded the orders and asked advice, the officials were afraid, the courtes were hated, and the soldiers and the Cossacks were sincerely loved ...
Potemkin was my pupil, said Russian Empress, I made it in all the ranks: from the Unter-Officer to General Feldmarshal. He had an extraordinary mind, the army of the hot, the heart is kind, looked wolf and therefore was not loved, but, giving clicks, and even the enemies were safely. It could not be bribed: it"s hard to find another like him ... "Gregory Potemkin" book narrates not only about the state affairs of Potemkin, but also about the complex relations of the empress and her "favorite, about their love, their grinds, their sufferings ... it is not Just historical figures, these are living people - their genuine voices are heard in the letters to each other. In general, Catherine"s correspondence with Potemkin is the most interesting literary monument, which until recently knew almost nothing.
Poet Derzhavin wrote about Potemkin so:
One hand he plays in chess
The other hand he conquers the peoples.
he will break one foot and the enemy
Other bays, he is the universe of the shore