Greek Plan

A 20th-century reconstruction of the proposed Greek Plan of Catherine the Great: in red, the "Neo-Byzantine Empire" for her grandson Konstantin, in blue the "Kingdom of Dacia" for Grigory Potemkin, in yellow the compensations for the Habsburg Empire and in blue-green those for Venice.
The colossal Pella Palace on the bank of the Neva River, constructed from 1785 onwards. The name "Pella" referenced the birthplace of Alexander the Great

The Greek Plan or Greek Project (Russian: Греческий проект, romanized: Grecheskiy proyekt), an early proposed solution to the Eastern question, was advanced by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in the early 1780s. It envisaged the partition of the Ottoman Empire between the Russian and Habsburg Empires followed by the restoration of the Eastern Roman Empire centered in Constantinople.