 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Potemkin akaberekerwa mumhuri yevaridzi venyika vane mari yepakati nepakati. Akatanga kukwezva nyasha dzaCatherine nekubatsira mukutsinhana kwake muna 1762, akabva azvizivisa semutungamiriri wemauto muHondo yeRussia neTurkey 1768-1774. Akava mudiwa waCatherine, waaida zvikuru uye zvichida mukwanyina wake. Pashure pokunge kudanana kwavo kwadzikira, akaramba ari shamwari yake youpenyu hwose uye ari munhu wenyika anodiwa. Catherine akamuwanira zita rokuti Muchinda woUmambo Hutsvene hweRoma uye akamupa zita rokuti Muchinda woUmambo hweRussia pakati pevamwe vakawanda: akanga ari zvose Grand Admiral uye musoro wenyika yose yeRussia uye mauto asina kurongeka. Kubudirira kwaPotemkin kunobatanidza kubatanidzwa kworugareyeCrimea 1783 uye kubudirira kwechipiri Hondo yeRussia neTurkey 17871792. 