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Potemkin Village
As currently used, this is something that is impressive on the outside, but it is in fact a false front concealing an unseemly interior.
The term is named after Minister Grigori Potemkin, who constructed fakek, happy villages for Catherine the Great to view as she toured the Ukraine.
The term is named after Minister Grigori Potemkin, who constructed fakek, happy villages for Catherine the Great to view as she toured the Ukraine.
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