Die Gräfin Lydia Iwanowna war mit Annas Manne befreundet und bildete den Mittelpunkt des Petersburger Gesellschaftskreises, in dem Anna ihres Mannes wegen am meisten verkehrte.
Countess Lydia Ivanovna was Anna's husband's friend and the centre of that set in Petersburg Society with which Anna, through her husband, was most closely connected.