Foreign affairs demanded much of her attention between 1768 and1774 . Catherine made Russia as the most powerful empire during this time . This came about after the first Russo-Turkish war against the Ottoman Empire . This war included the Battle of Chesma (1770 ) and the battle of Kagul (1770 . This war began after Catherine sent Russian troops to support her former lover Stanislaw Poniatowski , who she wanted to suppress a revolt that had come about because of Russia 's influence in Poland...











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