Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sake dawo da Constantinople da ƙirƙirar daular Kirista da ke da cibiyar ba alama ce mai haske ba. 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 Catherine ta yi la'akari da barazanar Jacobin kuma a matsayin barazanar barazana ga mulkin mallaka na Rasha da kuma tasirinsa a Poland, wanda hakan ya haifar da aikin soja.
wanda ya haifar da rushewar Jamhuriyar Poland-Lithuania.