Meaning: 1. Something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance. 2. Purportedly, fake settlements erected at the direction of Russian minister Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787.
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