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21 February, 11:12

What does "Potemkin façade" mean?

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  1. 21 February, 11:40
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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.
  2. 21 February, 12:14
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    A showy or imposing facade made to divert attention from an embarrassing fact or condition.
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