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The ''Potemkin'' (''Потёмкин'' in Battleship (''Броненосец'') of the Russia n Black Sea Fleet . It was built at the Nikolayev Shipyard from 1898 and commissioned in 1904 . The name honored Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin , a military figure of the 18th Century . The ship was made famous by the Battleship ''Potemkin'' Uprising , a rebellion of the crew against their oppressive officers in June of 1905 (during the Russian Revolution Of 1905 ). After the uprising the ship was handed to Romania n authorities, which returned the battleship to the Russian government. In October of 1905 it was renamed to ''Panteleimon'' (''Пантелеймон''). In April of 1917 the ship was renamed to ''Potemkin-Tavricheski'' (''Потёмкин-Таврический'') once again, however, in May they changed it to ''Borets za svobodu'' (''Борец за свободу'' - ''Freedom Fighter''). In 1918 it had been captured by the Germans , then recaptured by the White Russians . In April of 1919 , the Interventionists blew it up in Sevastopol so it wouldn't fall into Bolshevik hands. After the Russian Civil War , ''Potemkin'' was raised from the bottom of the sea and dismantled because of irreparable damage. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
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