Pyotr Potemkin

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Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin (

working as the tsar's ambassador.

Service

Potemkin led the embassy to

. Potemkin considered them harmful and advocated a complete ban on their import to Russia.

He travelled to

.

Legend

According to legend, Pyotr Potemkin, as a diplomat, had an eccentric sense of national pride. During his negotiations in Madrid he insisted that the King of Spain take off his hat every time Potemkin mentioned the title of Tsar of All Russias.^[4] During his embassy to Copenhagen, the Danish king was ill and could receive Potemkin only lying in bed. Potemkin insisted that the Danes bring a second bed into the chamber and conducted all the talks lying down, thus showing the equality between the countries.^[4]

Famous Russian statesman Prince Grigory Potemkin was a distant relative.

References

External links

• Media related to Pyotr Potemkin at Wikimedia Commons
• History of diplomatic relations between Spain and Russia (in Russian)

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)