Historedia
Person

Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1787

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Kinburn

    1787

    Role: Overall Russian commander in the theater during 1787–1791

    1. 30 September–12 October 1787 (O.S.–N.S.) · Kinburn fortSuvorov's counterattack and rout of the Turks

      Suvorov personally led the Russians into fierce renewed fighting; despite being wounded twice, he routed the Turks, saved by grenadier Stepan Novikov.

    2. 12 October 1787 · Kinburn spit and nearby village of BienkaOttoman amphibious landing at Kinburn

      Under cover of intensified bombing, 6,000 Ottoman troops landed on two sites near Kinburn on 12 October 1787, supported by fleet fire.

    3. 12 October 1787 · trenches before the Kinburn fortressInitial Russian assault and retreat to the fortress

      Russian attackers captured 10 of 15 trenches but, after losing leaders and facing flank fire and Turkish reinforcements, retreated in disarray to the fortress.

Sources

  1. Alexander Suvorov Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18