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|Date=4/16 May 1872 &lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Stepan Gedeonov]] &lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Moscow]] &lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian &lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPia}} (ф. 497, оп. 2, д. 23068) &lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bib|1981/80|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVII}} (1981), p. 213&lt;br /&gt;
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==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=Russian&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Brett Langston&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{centre|Милостивый государь!&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;Степан {{sic|Степанович|Александрович}}!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Я только что окончил четырёхактную оперу «&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Опричник&amp;#039;&amp;#039;», полная партитура которой отсылается в Петербург для представления в императорскую Дирекцию. Горячо желая, чтобы опера была удостоена постановки на сцене Мариинского театра, я осмеливаюсь почтительнейше просить Ваше превосходительство отнестись благосклонно к произведению, которое есть плод добросовестного и упорного двухлетнего труда.&lt;br /&gt;
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Примите уверение в глубоком уважении, с которым имею честь быть покорным слугою Вашего превосходительства.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|П. Чайковский}}&lt;br /&gt;
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|Translated text={{centre|Gracious Sir!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Stepan Gedeonov|Stepan {{sic|Stepanovich|Aleksandrovich}}]]!&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
I have just completed a four-act opera &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Oprichnik]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;, the complete full score of which I have sent to [[Petersburg]] for presentation to the Imperial Directorate. It is my fervent wish that the opera be honoured with a production on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, and I venture to respectfully request that Your Excellency looks favourably upon the work, which is the fruit two years of conscientious and sustained labour.&lt;br /&gt;
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Please accept the assurance of the deep respect which which I have the honour to be Your Excellency&amp;#039;s humble servant.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes and References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tchaikovsky mistakenly addressed [[Stepan Gedeonov|Gedeonov]] as &amp;quot;Stepen Stepanovich&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;Stepan Aleksandovich&amp;quot; here.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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