The Imperiia ProjectMain MenuResearch Dashboardsmaps, visualizations, and moreVeles: The Data CatalogOngoing ProjectsThe MapMaker PodcastEvery story starts somewhere.Teach with MapsGalleriesKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Imperiia Project // Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Known to be dashing, but maybe DALL-E got carried away.
12024-09-23T13:03:11-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f592plain2024-09-23T13:08:29-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5We asked for an image of "a middle-aged 18th century Russian prince with no beard looking over his shoulder." Why? Potemkin was 52 years old when he died in 1791. He is believed to have been buried at St. Catherine's Cathedral in Kherson but his remains have been moved several times over the centuries and in 2022, months after invading Ukraine and laying siege to Kherson, Russian officials claimed to have moved Potemkin across the Dnipro into Russian territory.
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12024-09-23T13:00:57-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Grigorii "Bad Penny" Potemkin3Potemkin was the architect, along with Catherine II, of Russia's conquest and development of what became the southern provinces. He approved the plans for every building in Kherson. He died in 1791 and had been replaced in Catherine's bed long before that, but even Zubov lived in his shadow.plain2024-09-23T13:15:22-04:0046.638967323437186, 32.62535427602179Image generated with DALL-E 3Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
