Meaning of Potemkin village | Babel Free
Equivalents
Dansk
potemkinkulisse
Deutsch
Potemkinsches Dorf
Español
pueblo Potemkin
Suomi
Potemkinin kulissi
Français
village Potemkine
Magyar
Potemkin-falu
日本語
はりぼて
Nederlands
potemkindorp
Português
aldeia Potemkin
Русский
потёмкинская деревня
Examples
“Such concentration not only simplifies the task of keeping tabs on foreigners' movements, but it also enables the Government to influence⟳ the outside world's picture of Russia by arranging matters in Moscow to make⟳ it a sort⟳ of huge, latter-day Potemkin Village.”
“When a government substitutes propaganda for governing, the Potemkin village is all. Since we don't get⟳ honest information from this White House, we must instead, as the Soviets once did, decode our rulers' fictions to discern what's really happening.”
“When Soviet bureaucrats wanted to impress⟳ foreign visitors with the success of the grand experiment⟳, they would visit⟳ Potemkin villages—fake towns where actors pretended to be living a life of luxury amid bulging granaries and well-paved streets bustling with happy babushkas pushing prams.”
“In the interviews, some residents praised the changes, but others described the reconstruction as a “Potemkin village,” an ornamental facade camouflaging problems created by Moscow’s invasion, like⟳ a chronic water shortage.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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