Tatiana Borisovna Potemkina (Russian - Татья́на Бори́совна Потёмкина; née Golitsyna / Голицына; 30 January 1797, St Petersburg - 1 July 1869, Berlin) was a Russian noblewoman and philanthropist from the house of Golitsyn. She was a daughter of Ana Gruzinsky and her husband

Boris Andreevich Golitsyn Prince Boris Andreevich Golitsyn (Russian – Борис Андреевич Голицын ; 15 May 1766 – 30 March 1822) was a Russian nobleman, army officer and member of the Golitsyn family. Life His parents were Andrei Michailovich Golitsy ...

. In 1814 she married

Alexandr Mikhailovich Potemkin Alexandr Mikhailovich Potemkin (30 January 1787 - 19 July 1872) was a Russian nobleman and army officer. He fought against the French invasion of Russia in 1812, the 1813-15 campaign and the Battle of Paris, rising to the rank of colonel. He al ...

. She funded the restoration of the

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monastery.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134420/http://keliya.org/Biblio/16-19/Ignaty/tom8-11.htm 1797 births 1869 deaths

Tatiana Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * germa ...

Philanthropists from the Russian Empire Russian people of Georgian descent 19th-century philanthropists Burials at the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Russian princesses {{Russia-noble-stub