Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Zhizha nematsutso a1789 akaona kukunda kwakawanda pamusoro pevaTurkey, kusanganisira Hondo yeFocşani muna July; pakutanga kwaSeptember, Hondo yeRymnik
uye kubatwa kweKaushany neHadjibey (zuva ranhasi Odessa); uye pakupedzisira kuzvipira kweimba yeTurkey paAkkerman mukupera kwaGunyana. Nhare huru paBender yakapa muna November pasina kurwa. Potemkin akavhura imba yake youmambo muJassy, guta guru reMoldova, kuti "apedze mwaka wechando semambo, afare nevadzimai vake, avake maguta ake, avake mauto ake, uye ataurirane [nevaTurkey] nezverugare... aiva mambo wevanhu vose vaaitonga". Potemkin akatotanga pepanhau, "Le Courrier de Moldavie". Mudiwa wake waaida zvikuru panguva iyoyo - kunyange zvazvo akanga ane vamwe - akanga ari Praskovia Potemkina, nyaya yakaramba iripo kusvikira muna 1790. Potemkin akatumidzazve ngarava mbiri mukuremekedza kwake. Sechikamu chemazano ehurumende, Potemkin akapiwa zita idzva re "Grand Hetman weGungwa Dema uye Yekaterinoslav Cossack Hosts" uye munaKurume akatora kutonga kwega kweBlack Sea fleet saGrand Admiral.