Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Catherine akapedza mari yakawanda kuti atsigire mutemo wokunze unopararira. Akawedzera kutonga kweRussia kwezvematongerwo enyika pamusoro pePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth nezviito, kusanganisira rutsigiro rweTargowica Confederation. Mutengo wehondo dzake, pamusoro pechimiro chomunzanga chinodzvinyirira icho chaida kuti varanda vapedze nguva yavo yose vachishanda muminda yamadzishe avo, wakaparira kumukira kukuru kwavarimi muna 1773. Vafuridzirwa nomumwe muCossack ainzi Pugachev, vachishevedzera zvakasimba kuti "Rovererai varidzi venyika vose!" vapanduki vacho vakatyisidzira kutora Moscow kusvikira Catherine apedza kupandukira kwacho. Kufanana nemamwe madzimambo eEurope akanga akachenjerera, Catherine akava nechokwadi nesimba rake uye akaumba mubatanidzwa nevanhu vakakurumbira. Catherine akabudirira kurwisa Umambo hweOttoman hwakanga huchiora uye akafambisa muganhu wokumaodzanyemba weRussia kusvikira kuGungwa Dema. Zvadaro, nokubatana nevatongi veAustria nePrussia, akabatanidza nzvimbo dzePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, uko pashure pezana remakore rokutonga kweRussia vanhu vasiri veKaturike, zvikurukuru veOrthodox vaitonga panguva yePartitions yePoland, vachisundira muganhu weRussia kumadokero kupinda muCentral Europe. Maererano nechibvumirano chakanga chaiswa neRussia nevaGeorgia kuti vavadzivirire pakurwiswa kutsva kwevatongi vavo vePezhiya uye zvimwe zvido zvematongerwo enyika, Catherine akarwa hondo nyowani nePezhiya muna 1796 mushure mekunge vapindazve muGeorgia uye vakatanga kutonga pamusoro payo rinenge gore rapfuura, uye vakadzinga mauto eRussia achangobva kuumbwa muCaucasus.  Mubvunzo: Catherine akabatana naani?
vatongi veAustria nePrussia