as you quite rightly noted, bravely, and was noted by none other than field marshal general pyotr rumyantsevor his bravery, and later he and rumyantsev would have rather complicated relations, rumyantsev was somewhat envious of potemkin's rise, they had different views regarding the conduct, not the conduct, but the strategy of military operations, but this would be later, a brilliant characterization of him rumyantsev gave it precisely during these very military actions, when also... instantly soaring several ranks ahead, there several ranks in the rank table jumped already a second time, potemkin, when he went to war as a major general, he generally showed himself to be quite worthy of this high rank, and despite the fact that at that time he did not have any intimate relations with catherine, she continued to look after him, continued to supervise him accordingly somehow, yes, he then just during the military campaign received the right to correspond with catherine, not only business. yes, that is, he addressed letters to her, and the correspondence itself was mutual, another thing is tha