What myth gave rise to the popular expression meaning window dressing? Detailed answer

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What myth gave rise to the popular expression meaning window dressing?

In 1787, Catherine II, with her retinue and representatives of foreign courts, made a six-month journey through New Russia and the Crimea, recaptured from the Ottoman Empire, which were ruled by Prince Potemkin. A few years later, publications began to appear abroad about the so-called Potemkin villages - allegedly, on the route of the empress, fake structures were erected, where prosperous peasants lived and worked, and after passing all this was curtailed. Today, most historians consider these reports to be an unconfirmed myth and exaggeration, saying that if in some places real settlements were decorated with decorations, this was not a secret for the participants in the procession. Nevertheless, the expression "Potemkin village" as a synonym for window dressing has become entrenched in many languages of the world.

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