Natalia Zagryazyskaya (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Natalia Kirillovna Zagryazyskaya n e Razumovskaya (5 September 1747 - 19 May 1837) was a Russian filantropist, salonist and lady in waiting. She was a leading member of the Saint Petersburg society from the 1770s until her death in 1837 and is often mentioned in the memoirs and diaries of the period. She was the daughter of hetman Kirill Razumovsky and Jekaterina Ivanova Narysykina. She became the lady in waiting of Empress Catherine the Great in 1762, and was in contrast ot other ladies in waiting allowed to live at home. She married officer Nikolai Zagryazhsky (1743 - 1821) in 1772, but their relationship soon ended and they lived their lives apart. She was a friend of Empress Maria Fyodorovna and was in 1798 given the order of Catherine. She was the frequent host of members of the Imperial family and was known as a contact person who could successfully ask them for favours on others behalf. The poets Vasily Zhukovsky, Pyotr Vyazemsky and Alexander Pushkin were guests in her salon.