Ka kammala wannan jumla: Dawo da Constantinople da kuma kafa daular Kirista da ke da cibiyarsa a can ba ya zama kamar shiri ne mai kyau. Duk da haka, Catherine ya ga ƙwace ƙasa a matsayin hanya mai sauƙi don tabbatar da niyyar Rasha. Ta wajen sanar da cewa wata rana Constantinople za ta zama ta Kiristoci, ta kuma gamsar da Cocin, wadda har ila tana da iko sosai a ƙarni na 18. Ta so ta nuna wa Yammacin Turai cewa ƙasarta za ta kasance mai ƙarfi a cikin al'amuran siyasa na Turai. Rarraba Poland na Catherine ya kasance misali mafi kyau na siyasar iko. Rasha ta mamaye sau uku daban-daban, a cikin 1772, 1793, da 1795, kuma ta raba muhimmiyar jihar Turai tsakanin kanta, Austria da Prussia. Tsarin Mulki na 3 ga Mayu na Yaren mutanen Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth da aka zaɓa a 1791 an yi la'akari da Catherine a matsayin barazanar Jacobin kuma a matsayin barazanar barazana ga mulkin mallaka na Rasha da kuma tasirinsa a Poland, wanda hakan ya haifar da
wani kamfen na soja wanda ya haifar da halakar da Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.