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Tatiana Borisovna Potemkina

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Tatiana in 1820

Tatiana Borisovna Potemkina (Russian - Татья́на Бори́совна Потёмкина; née Golitsyna / Голицына; 30 January 1797, St Petersburg - 1 July 1869, Berlin) was a Russian noblewoman and philanthropist from the house of Golitsyn. She was a daughter of Ana Gruzinsky and her husband Boris Andreevich Golitsyn. In 1814 she married Alexandr Mikhailovich Potemkin. She is most notable for funding the restoration of the Holy Mountains Lavra monastery.

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