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Bertagna, Alberto

Il controllo dell'indeterminato : Potëmkin villages e altri nonluoghi

2010 - Quodlibet

421 p. : ill.

  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Potëmkin villages, fake settlements erected at the orders of prince Grigorii Aleksandrovich Potëmkin (1739-1791) in order to impress Empress Catherine II; the villages were constructed along the banks of the Dnepr river, with actors posing as contented shepherds.