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Potemkin (Russian battleship)
Jan 29, 2026 3:31 PM

　　In full: Kniaz Potemkin Tavricheskiy (Show more) Potemkin (Russian battleship), Russian battleship built for the Black Sea fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. It is best remembered for a 1905 mutiny by its sailors, one of the events of the Russian Revolution in the same year. The mutineers took the ship to Odesa, Ukraine, but the mutiny eventually failed. The Potemkin was salvaged and later saw action in World War I before being scrapped. The Potemkin remains in popular memory thanks to the 1925 Sergei Eisenstein silent masterpiece Battleship Potemkin, a film that covers some of the events of the mutiny and which remains popular to this ...(100 of 791 words) Access the full article Help support true facts by becoming a member. Subscribe today!

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