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6 April, 09:22

What does "Potemkin façade" mean?

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  1. 6 April, 09:28
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    A showy or imposing facade made to divert attention from an embarrassing fact or condition.
  2. 6 April, 09:47
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    In 1787, a Russian statesman and former lover of Catherine the Great named Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin hastily erected a number of phony "mobile villages" along the banks of the Dnieper River ... Accurate or not, the terms "Potemkin village" and "Potemkin facade" (or simply the word "Potemkin") have stuck.
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