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Grigory Potemkin

Two statues from the Garden of Heroes and Villains (Felix Dennis's garden, Dorsington, Warwickshire.

 

According to Wikipedia:-

 

'Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski; October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739[nb 1] – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

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