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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Translated text={{right|13 May}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Translated text={{right|13 May}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{centre|Dear friend!}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{centre|Dear friend!}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The enclosed letter &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; is for [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky|I. A. Vsevolozhsky]]. I hope with all my heart that this letter contributes to fulfilling my sincere desire to render a service to Aleksandra Pavlovna &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. My heartfelt thanks for the photograph &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. I shall send you mine tomorrow. A thousand best wishes and greetings to Aleksandra Pavlovna.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The enclosed letter &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; is for [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky|I. A. Vsevolozhsky]]. I hope with all my heart that this letter contributes to fulfilling my sincere desire to render a service to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Aleksandra Krutikova|&lt;/ins&gt;Aleksandra Pavlovna&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. My heartfelt thanks for the photograph &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. I shall send you mine tomorrow. A thousand best wishes and greetings to Aleksandra Pavlovna.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Affectionately yours,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Affectionately yours,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;See [[Letter 3255]] to [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky]] of the same date.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;See [[Letter 3255]] to [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky]] of the same date.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Aleksandra Pavlovna Krutikova (1851-1919), singer (mezzo-soprano), who had been with the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]] since 1880, but had just had her contract terminated by its unpopular new director, Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov (1826-1902), supposedly due to financial considerations.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Aleksandra Krutikova|&lt;/ins&gt;Aleksandra Pavlovna Krutikova&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;(1851-1919), singer (mezzo-soprano), who had been with the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]] since 1880, but had just had her contract terminated by its unpopular new director, Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov (1826-1902), supposedly due to financial considerations.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The Tchaikovsky House-Museum at [[Klin]] has four photographs of [[Bogomir Korsov]], inclduing one in the role of the Devil (from the opera &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and two in the title role from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Mazepa]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. It is not known which of these [[Korsov]] sent on this occasion, nor which of himself Tchaikovsky sent in return.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The Tchaikovsky House-Museum at [[Klin]] has four photographs of [[Bogomir Korsov]], inclduing one in the role of the Devil (from the opera &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and two in the title role from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Mazepa]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. It is not known which of these [[Korsov]] sent on this occasion, nor which of himself Tchaikovsky sent in return.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Brett at 12:31, 3 January 2020</title>
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|Date=13/25 May 1887&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Bogomir Korsov]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 247)&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bibx|1959/13|Советская музыка}} (1959), No. 1, p. 77 (Russian translation)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 111&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Brett Langston&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|13 Mai}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Cher ami!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Ci-joint la lettre pour И. А. Всевол[ожский]. Je souhaite de tout mon cœur que cette lettre contribue à l&amp;#039;accomplissement de ton sincère désir de rendre service à Александра Павловна. Je V[ou]s remercie de tout ton cœur pour les Photographies. Je V[ou]s enverrai la mienne demain. Mille bons souhaits et salutations à Ал[ександра] Павл[овна].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
А Vous de cœur,&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|Р. Tschaïkovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
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|Translated text={{right|13 May}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Dear friend!}}&lt;br /&gt;
The enclosed letter &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; is for [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky|I. A. Vsevolozhsky]]. I hope with all my heart that this letter contributes to fulfilling my sincere desire to render a service to Aleksandra Pavlovna &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. My heartfelt thanks for the photograph &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. I shall send you mine tomorrow. A thousand best wishes and greetings to Aleksandra Pavlovna.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Affectionately yours,&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==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;See [[Letter 3255]] to [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky]] of the same date.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Aleksandra Pavlovna Krutikova (1851-1919), singer (mezzo-soprano), who had been with the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]] since 1880, but had just had her contract terminated by its unpopular new director, Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov (1826-1902), supposedly due to financial considerations.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The Tchaikovsky House-Museum at [[Klin]] has four photographs of [[Bogomir Korsov]], inclduing one in the role of the Devil (from the opera &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cherevichki]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and two in the title role from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Mazepa]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. It is not known which of these [[Korsov]] sent on this occasion, nor which of himself Tchaikovsky sent in return.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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