<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuthatha kabusha 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 kaMay 3 wePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth owavotelwa ngo-1791 wawubhekwa nguCatherine njengosongo lukaJacobin futhi ngenxa yalokho lubeka usongo ebukhosini baseRussia kanye nethonya layo ePoland, okwagcina kuholele ekutheni kuhanjiswe impi  <response>: okwaholela ekubhujisweni kwePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 