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{{letterhead
|Date=19/31 March 1893
|To=[[Modest Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Klin]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2019)
|Publication={{bib|1902/25|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 608–609 (abridged) {{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 535 (abridged) {{bib|1981/80|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVII}} (1981), p. 67 {{bib|1981/81|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 537 (English translation; abridged)
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''Клин'' ''19 марта [18]93''}}
Вчера вечером приехал из Харькова домой. В Харькове — бесконечные чествования, так что очень устал. Впрочем, было очень хорошо и успех почти такой же, как в Одессе. На возвратном пути в Москве останавливался лишь на несколько часов. Здесь нашёл настоящую зиму; впрочем, и у Вас, я думаю, немногим лучше. Эти дни я займусь доканчиванием скиццев к финалу и скерцо новой симфонии. В страстную пятницу утром приеду к вам и радуюсь ужасно при этой мысли. Прости, что подробнее не пишу, скоро увидимся.

Коле, Бобу, Володе тысячу нежностей. ''Егор Алексеевич'' чуть с ума не сошёл от радости, увидевши меня: курьёзно, как он в меня влюблён.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
Получил очень печальное письмо от Наты. Она, очевидно, в полном отчаянии.

|Translated text={{right|''[[Klin]]'' ''19 March 1893''}}
I arrived home from [[Kharkov]] last night. The celebrations in [[Kharkov]] were endless, such that I'm very tired. However, it was very good and almost as successful as [[Odessa]]. On the way back I only stopped in [[Moscow]] for a few hours. It's truly winter here; although I gather you have it a little better. Over the coming days I'll be busy finishing off the sketches of the finale and scherzo of the new symphony <ref name="note1"/>. I'll be coming to see you on Good Friday morning, and that thought makes me terribly glad <ref name="note2"/>. Forgive me for not writing in more detail, but I will see you soon.

A thousand compliments to [[Kolya]], [[Bob]] and [[Volodya]]. ''Yegor Alekseyevich'' <ref name="note3"/> almost went mad with joy when he saw me; it's funny how much he loves me.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
I received a very sad letter from [[Nata]] <ref name="note4"/>. She appears to be in a state of complete desperation.
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">The [[Symphony No. 6]] in B minor, Op. 74 ("Pathétique").</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky arrived in [[Saint Petersburg]] on 26 March/7 April 1893.</ref>
<ref name="note3">The composer's godson Georgy Sofronov ("Yegor") (1892-1948), and son of his servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]].</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Natalya Plesskaya]] was upset that Tchaikovsky's widowed brother-in-law, [[Lev Davydov]], was to marry to a cousin of his late wife, which made her situation at [[Kamenka]] extremely uncomfortable.</ref>
</references>

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