Ta yi nasarar yaƙi da Rasha siyasa iko a kan Yaren mutanen Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth da ayyuka, ciki har da goyon bayan Targowica Tarayya. A kudin ta yakin, a saman da oppressive zamantakewa tsarin da ake bukata serfs ciyar kusan duk lokacin da aiki a kan ƙasar da ubangijinsu, ya haddasa wani babban manomi tawaye a 1773. Wahayi da wani Cossack mai suna Pugachev, tare da emphatic kuka na "Taya duk landlords!", da 'yan tawaye barazanar dauki Moscow har Catherine murkushe tawaye. Kamar sauran wayewa Despots na Turai, Catherine sanya wasu daga cikin ikon da kansa da kuma kafa wata ƙungiya tare da nobility. Catherine ya gudanar da nasara yaki da rushewa Ottoman Rasha da kuma Black Rasha ta kudancin iyaka, ciki har da goyon bayan Targowica Tarayya.
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