[A historical footnote: Kherson, Potemkin's bones, and Catherine the Great]
Yaroslav Trofimov, "Russia Presses Evacuation of Kherson as Ukrainian Offensive Looms [:] Moscow’s attempts at a counteroffensive in Donetsk lead to large casualties, prompting complaints by Russian marines, " The Wall Street Journal, Updated Nov. 7, 2022 8:09 am ET
image (not from below article) from, under the title: Kelly O'Neill, "Love Letters of Catherine the Great," Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, February 11, 2022
Excerpt:
"Russia—which declared Kherson and three other partially occupied Ukrainian regions to be part of its territory in September—has been steadily removing its civilian staff and officials of the collaboration administration, including the police, from the city in recent weeks. It has already sent away the collections of the local museums and disinterred and hauled away the body of Count Grigory Potemkin, the18th-century Russian commander who founded the city."
On Kherson and Potemkin's bones, see also (1) (2) (3).
jb full confession: My minor Ph.D. dissertation pertained to late 18th century Russia.
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Monument of prince Grigory Potemkin-Tavricheski, the founder of Kherson, Ukraine from; evidently no longer stranding there (see)
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