GRIGORY POTEMKIN (1739-1791), AUTOGRAPH Letter in Cyrillic addressed to ‘Gosudar moy’ (My Lord).

1 p. 22 x 18.5 cm. Clerical handwriting. Autograph signature of G.A. Potemkin. Red wax seal. Below, an inscription in French in another hand. The letter concerns the transport of wool from Riga to the factory in Vitebsk. Potemkin requests that the goods be delivered directly to Governor Mikhail Rodionovich Lansky (1737-1795). Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin (1739-1791) was a great Russian statesman, Count, His Serene Highness Prince and Field Marshal General. He was the favourite and closest collaborator of Empress Catherine II. He played a major role in the development of the Northern Black Sea coast, Novorossiya and the Crimea, and in the construction of the Black Sea Fleet. After the annexation of the Crimea he was given the title ‘Tavrichesky’.