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"Potemkin village" is a phrase that has been used by American judges, especially members of a multiple-judge panel who dissent from the majority's opinion on a particular matter, to refer to an inaccurate or tortured interpretation and/or application of a particular legal doctrine to the specific facts at issue.
The trip was arranged by Grigory Potemkin, a favorite and former lover of Catherine II. The trip happened just prior to the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). [1] The trip is the origin of the expression "Potemkin village", referring to the legend [2] of fake villages hastily erected by Potemkin along Catherine's route in order to impress her.
The village features a number of brightly painted, poured-concrete multi-story buildings and apartments, many apparently wired for electricity. The town was oriented so that the bright blue roofs and multi-colored sides of the buildings next to the massive DPRK flag would be the most distinguishing features when viewed from across the border.
The Log Cabin Village is a 19th-century living history museum that provides a glimpse into Texas life in the 1800s. The site features staff members dressed in 19th-century-style attire and historic buildings from north and central Texas. [1] Log Cabin Village is dedicated to the preservation of 19th c. folk architecture and frontier lifeways ...
Fitzpatrick documents the fantasy of the urban Potemkin village that the Soviet government attempted to portray, with the reality of rationing, rampant speculation, shops closed due to the lack of goods, and lengthy queues at those that were open, all of which formed the struggle average citizens faced trying to obtain the essentials of daily life.
The site operates as a division of the Heinz History Center of Pittsburgh and has a museum and a reconstruction of a circa 1570s Monongahela culture Indian village. Meadowcroft Rockshelter is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Treasure, and as an official project of Save America's Treasures.
On 23 June 1944, the visitors were led on a tour through the "Potemkin village". [42] The visitors spent eight hours inside Theresienstadt, led on a predetermined path [ 43 ] and only allowed to speak with Danish Jews and selected representatives, including Paul Eppstein. [ 29 ]
[7] Wagner said about the purposes of the museum: "What is given to the public today in the shape of the Army Museum is nothing else than an intellectual legacy from a time of struggling and fighting for our Germany for the struggle and fight for our Germany." [8] In reality, the exhibition was nothing more than a "Potemkin village". Erich ...