<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ukubuyisa iConstantinople nokwakha umbuso wobuKristu ogxile lapho akubonakali kuwuhlelo olukhanyiselwe kakhulu. Nokho, uCatherine wabona ukuthathwa komhlaba njengendlela elula yokuqinisekisa izinhloso zaseRussia. Ngokumemezela ukuthi ngolunye usuku iConstantinople yayiyoba ngeyamaKristu, wabuye wanelisa iSonto, elalisalokhu linethonya elikhulu ekhulwini le-18. Wayefuna ukubonisa iNtshonalanga Yurophu ukuthi izwe lakhe lalizoba namandla ezindabeni zezombangazwe zaseYurophu. Ukuhlukanisa kukaCatherine iPoland kwakuyisibonelo esicacile nakakhulu sezombangazwe zamandla. IRussia yahlasela kathathu, ngo - 1772, ngo - 1793, nango - 1795, futhi yahlukanisa izwe elake laba elibalulekile eYurophu phakathi kwayo, i - Austria nePrussia. UMthethosisekelo we-Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth owavotelwa ngo-1791 wawubhekwa ngu-Catherine njengosongo lukaJacobin futhi ngenxa yalokho lubeka usongo kubukhosi baseRussia kanye nethonya lalo ePoland, okwagcina kuholele ekutheni  <response>: ukuhlasela kwamasosha okwaholela ekubhujisweni koMbuso WasePoland-Lithuania. 