Catherine the Great Hates the French Revolution

After the third polish partition in 17 95, catherine was still looking south towards turkey and greece as the centre of russian foreign policy. It really wasn't until bonaparte started whipping the austrians in italy that catherine finally decided that the french republic she so loathed might actually pose a threat to her rising empire. As the austrians were getting pushed out of italy, she promised to raise 64 thousand men to come and join the fight. But even here, her pledge came with a major qualification. The now neutral prussians had to pledge an equal number of troops, which the prussians did not intend to do. Now the ottomans