Template:Did you know nominations/Potemkin village


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The result was: rejected by Miyagawa (talk) 11:43, 19 February 2013 (UTC).

Potemkin village

 * Did you know that the village is a Potemkin village fake? (Russian minister Grigory Potemkin led the Crimean military campaign. According to the story, he erected fake settlements along the banks of the Dnieper River in order to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787.)

Created/expanded by Cekli829 (talk). Self nominated at 06:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Article was created years ago. No recent expansion at all. -Zanhe (talk) 10:24, 18 February 2013 (UTC)