Career
In 1762 she became a lady-in-waiting to Empress Catherine the Great, and — in contrast to other ladies-in-waiting — was allowed to live at home. The poets Vasily Zhukovsky, Pyotr Vyazemsky and Alexander Pushkin were guests at her salon.
In 1762 she became a lady-in-waiting to Empress Catherine the Great, and — in contrast to other ladies-in-waiting — was allowed to live at home. The poets Vasily Zhukovsky, Pyotr Vyazemsky and Alexander Pushkin were guests at her salon.
She was a leading member of Saint St. Petersburg society from the 1770s until her death in 1837, and is often mentioned in contemporary memoirs and diaries. A frequent host of members of the Imperial family, she was known as a contact person who could successfully ask them for favours on others" behalf.