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{{letterhead
|Date=late July/early August 1888
|To=[[Lidiya Genke]]
|Place=[[Frolovskoye]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Moscow]] (Russia): {{RUS-Mcl}} (ф. 905)
|Publication={{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 494–495
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''Г[ород] Клин, с[ело] Фроловское''}}
{{centre|Дорогая Лида!}}
Получив твоё письмо, я немедленно написал П. И. Юргенсону; ответ его придёт дня через 2 или 3, и я тебе тотчас его сообщу; надеюсь, что он согласится.
Ты спрашиваешь, отчего я к тебе не заезжал, но ведь всю прошлую зиму я путешествовал, а в начале зимы был в Москве так поглощён своими делами, что просто минуты не нашлось. Но, впрочем, конечно я перед тобой очень виноват, что так давно не бывал, и обещаюсь в течение будущей зимы по возможности часто навещать тебя. Очень радуюсь, что, слава Богу, ты не терпишь нужды и что ты с твёрдостью перенесла несчастие. У меня какое-то предчувствие, что твой маленький пансион будет процветать и что впоследствии он обратится в большой. Вот увидишь!

Был я в Петербурге 2 недели тому назад и навестил Аню. Речь шла в тот день о месте управляющего домом для Петра Ивановича, но чем кончилось — не знаю. У них мне было очень приятно.

Итак, голубушка Лида, жди от меня письмеца на сих днях.

Детям передай мои приветствия; целую твои ручки.
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|''Town of [[Klin]], [[Frolovskoye]] village''}}
{{centre|Dear [[Lidiya Genke|Lida]]!}}
On receiving your letter <ref name="note1"/>, I immediately wrote to [[P. I. Jurgenson]]; his reply will come in 2 or 3 days <ref name="note2"/>, and I shall inform you at once; I hope that he will agree. You ask why I didn't call on you, but as you know I was travelling the whole of last winter, and at the start of winter I was so overwhelmed by business in [[Moscow]] that I simply did not have a moment to myself <ref name="note3"/>. Be that as it may, I stand contrite before you for not having visited in so long, and I promise to call on you as often as possible over the coming winter. I am very glad that, thank God, you have not suffered privation or endured the misfortunes of hardship. I have a premonition that your little boarding house shall prosper, and will eventually turn into a large one <ref name="note4"/>. You'll see!

I was in [[Petersburg]] 2 weeks ago and called on [[Anna Merkling|Anna]]. It was the same day that they were deciding on the position of house manager for Pyotr Ivanovich <ref name="note5"/>, but I don't know how that turned out. They were very kind to me.

And so, golubchik [[Lidiya Genke|Lida]], expect a note from me in a few days.

Convey my greetings to the children; I kiss your hands.
{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Letter from [[Lidiya Genke]] to Tchaikovsky, dated 25 July/6 August 1888, in which she asked the composer if she might purchase a piano from [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]'s firm on credit.</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]'s reply has not survived.</ref>
<ref name="note3">The composer had been in [[Moscow]] between 8/20 and 17/29 November 1887 to rehearse and conduct two concerts, and then toured through western Europe from 15/27 December 1887 until 16/28 March 1888.</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Lidiya Genke]]'s husband, Emil Yakovlevich Genke (1828-1888), had passed away earlier in the year, leaving her in potentially difficult financial circumstances.</ref>
<ref name="note5">Pyotr Ivanovich Merkling, husband of the composer's cousin [[Anna Merkling]].</ref>
</references>

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