Letter 9 - Revision history

Tony at 11:50, 8 January 2024

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	\|Publication={{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 65–66 <br/>{{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 12–13 (dated mid-November)<br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 12–13.		\|Publication={{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 65–66 <br/>{{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 12–13 (dated mid-November)<br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 12–13.
	\|Notes=Includes postscripts to [[Yelizaveta Schobert]], Anastasiya Popova, [[Zinayda Olkhovskaya\|Zinayda Tchaikovskaya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]], and [[Ippolit Tchaikovsky]].		\|Notes=Includes postscripts to [[Yelizaveta Schobert]], Anastasiya Popova, [[Zinayda Olkhovskaya\|Zinayda Tchaikovskaya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] and [[Ippolit Tchaikovsky]].
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Tony at 11:44, 8 January 2024

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	Last Sunday I went to the ballet with them. In January I shall be waiting for you from hour to hour, my marvellous and wonderful [parents] with [[Modya]] and [[Tolya]], because I am very sad without you.		Last Sunday I went to the ballet with them. In January I shall be waiting for you from hour to hour, my marvellous and wonderful [parents] with [[Modya]] and [[Tolya]], because I am very sad without you.

	Did you get home all right, my dear ones? <ref name="note2"/> Oh how I would have wished to see everyone's joy when you arrived in [[Alapayevsk]]. My dear [[Papasha]] was probably very glad when he saw [[Mamasha]]; Sestritsa <ref name="note3"/> probably ran off to get lunch ready, while Aunt [[Yelizaveta Schobert\|Liza]] went to get the carpet which she wanted to give to you as a present when you arrived. Here there has been snow on the streets for a long time now, but the people are still driving around on wheels. It will be so merry for me when Nikolinka comes this evening <ref name="note4"/>. Recently he was praying to God, then he remembered [[Kolya]] <ref name="note5"/> and wanted to pray to God on his behalf because he was ill		Did you get home all right, my dear ones? <ref name="note2"/> Oh how I would have wished to see everyone's joy when you arrived in [[Alapayevsk]]. My dear [[Papasha]] was probably very glad when he saw [[Mamasha]]; Sestritsa <ref name="note3"/> probably ran off to get lunch ready, while Aunt [[Yelizaveta Schobert\|Liza]] went to get the carpet which she wanted to give to you as a present when you arrived. Here there has been snow on the streets for a long time now, but the people are still driving around on wheels. It will be so merry for me when Nikolinka comes this evening <ref name="note4"/>. Recently he was praying to God, then he remembered Kolya <ref name="note5"/> and wanted to pray to God on his behalf because he was ill

	Goodbye, my wonderful Angels, I kiss your little hands and ask your blessing. Your son,		Goodbye, my wonderful Angels, I kiss your little hands and ask your blessing. Your son,

Tony: "mid November" to "mid-November" for consistency

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"mid November" to "mid-November" for consistency

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	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
	\|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 3–4)		\|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 3–4)
	\|Publication={{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 65–66 <br/>{{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 12–13 (dated mid November)<br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 12–13.		\|Publication={{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 65–66 <br/>{{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 12–13 (dated mid-November)<br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 12–13.
	\|Notes=Includes postscripts to [[Yelizaveta Schobert]], Anastasiya Popova, [[Zinayda Olkhovskaya\|Zinayda Tchaikovskaya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]], and [[Ippolit Tchaikovsky]].		\|Notes=Includes postscripts to [[Yelizaveta Schobert]], Anastasiya Popova, [[Zinayda Olkhovskaya\|Zinayda Tchaikovskaya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]], and [[Ippolit Tchaikovsky]].
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	{{right\|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}
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	Dear [[Aunt Liza]] and Sestritsa. I definitely want to write a few words to you, too, my dear ones, but I really have nothing to write about, except that I love you very, very much. Please kiss for me my dear cousins, [[Malya]], Mina, and Katya <ref name="note6"/>, and I ask you to give my regards to "Je crois bien!" Mashurochka <ref name="note7"/>. Goodbye, my dear ones, your nephew and brother,		Dear [[Aunt Liza]] and Sestritsa. I definitely want to write a few words to you, too, my dear ones, but I really have nothing to write about, except that I love you very, very much. Please kiss for me my dear cousins, [[Malya]], Mina and Katya <ref name="note6"/>, and I ask you to give my regards to "Je crois bien!" Mashurochka <ref name="note7"/>. Goodbye, my dear ones, your nephew and brother,
	{{right\|Pyotr}}		{{right\|Pyotr}}
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	Dear sisters [[Zina]] and [[Sasha]]. I think it must have been very merry for you when you got back home and saw the three Angels: [[Papasha]], [[Modya]], and [[Tolya]].		Dear sisters [[Zina]] and [[Sasha]]. I think it must have been very merry for you when you got back home and saw the three Angels: [[Papasha]], [[Modya]] and [[Tolya]].

	Please would you kiss for me over and over again those two cherubs [[Tolya]] and [[Modya]]. Goodbye, my dear sisters. Your brother,		Please would you kiss for me over and over again those two cherubs [[Tolya]] and [[Modya]]. Goodbye, my dear sisters. Your brother,
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	{{centre\|Dear brother [[Polya]]}}		{{centre\|Dear brother [[Polya]]}}
	I can imagine how glad you were when [[Mamasha]] gave you that sabre, satchel, and helmet. Please kiss for me my dear Karolina. Goodbye, dear [[Polya]]. Your brother,		I can imagine how glad you were when [[Mamasha]] gave you that sabre, satchel and helmet. Please kiss for me my dear Karolina. Goodbye, dear [[Polya]]. Your brother,
	{{right\|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}		{{right\|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}
	}}		}}

Brett: Text replacement - "Shobert" to "Schobert"

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Text replacement - "Shobert" to "Schobert"

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Brett at 13:16, 13 March 2020

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{{letterhead
|Date=21 October/2 November 1850
|To=[[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 3–4)
|Publication={{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 65–66 <br/>{{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 12–13 (dated mid November)<br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 12–13.
|Notes=Includes postscripts to [[Yelizaveta Shobert]], Anastasiya Popova, [[Zinayda Olkhovskaya|Zinayda Tchaikovskaya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]], and [[Ippolit Tchaikovsky]].
}}

==Text and Translation==
Spelling and punctuation errors in the original text have not been indicated.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{centre|Милые и прекрасные Папаша и Мамаша!}}
Вы не можете вообразить как я был рад когда получил от вас письмо милая Мамашинька! Я до сих пор ещё у Модеста Алексеевича сегодня ровно недель оттого что в классе скарлатина. Прошлую Суботу я не видел Колю, у него ещё все свинка, но сегодня я с нетерпением его ожидаю.

Я очень скучаю милая Мамашинька и Папаша но Модест Алексеевич такой добрый и Надежда Платоновна также, что я утешаю себя этим.

Прошлое Воскресение я был с ними в балете. В Январе я с час на час буду ждать вас мои чудные и прекрасные с Модей и Толей потому что мне очень без вас скучно

Хорошо ли вы доехали мои милые; Ах! я очень бы желал видеть те радости когда вы приехали в Алапаиху. Милый мой Папаша верно очень радовался когда увидел Мамашу, Сестрица верно побежала скорее за обедом, а Тётя Лиза за ковром который хотела подарить вам к приезду. Здесь уже на улице давно снег, но ездют все ещё на колёсах. Мне очень будет весело, когда придёт Николинька сегодня вечером; Коля Вокар просто Ангельчик я его очень люблю; он недавно молился Богу, вспомнил о Коле и хотел молиться за него Богу потому что он был болен

Прощайте мои прекрасные Ангелы целую ваши ручки и прошу вашего благословления. Ваш Сын,
{{right|Пётр Чайковский}}
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Милая тётя Лиза и Сестрица. И вам я непременно хочу написать несколько слов мои милые но мне совершенно нечего написать кроме того что я вас очень, очень люблю. Поцелуйте за меня моих милых кузин, Малю, Мину и Катю и прошу поклониться je crois bien! Машурочке. Прощайте мои милые, ваш племянник и брат,
{{right|Пётр}}
-----
Милые сестры Зина и Саша я думаю, что вам очень было весело когда вы приехали домой и увидели трёх Ангелов Папашу, Модю и Толю.

Поцелйуте и расцелуйте за меня этих двух херувимов Толю и Модю. Прощайте мои милые сестры! Ваш брат,
{{right|Пётр Чайковский}}
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{{centre|Милый брат Поля}}
Воображаю, как ты был рад когда Мамаша тебе подарила саблю, сумку и каску. Поцелуй за меня мою милую Каролину. Прощай милый Поля. Твой брат,
{{right|Пётр Чай[ковский]}}

|Translated text={{centre|Dear and wonderful [[Papasha]] and [[Mamasha]]!}}
You cannot imagine how glad I was when I received your letter, dear [[Mamashenka]]! I am still at Modest Alekseyevich [Vakar]'s house and today it is exactly a week since I've been there, because there's scarlet fever in the class <ref name="note1"/>. Last Saturday I didn't see [[Kolya]]; he's still got mumps, but today I am expecting him impatiently.

I am very sad, dear [[Mamashenka]] and [[Papasha]] but Modest Alekseyevich [Vakar] is so kind, and Nadezhda Platonovna [Vakar's wife] too, that I can take comfort in this.

Last Sunday I went to the ballet with them. In January I shall be waiting for you from hour to hour, my marvellous and wonderful [parents] with [[Modya]] and [[Tolya]], because I am very sad without you.

Did you get home all right, my dear ones? <ref name="note2"/> Oh how I would have wished to see everyone's joy when you arrived in [[Alapayevsk]]. My dear [[Papasha]] was probably very glad when he saw [[Mamasha]]; Sestritsa <ref name="note3"/> probably ran off to get lunch ready, while Aunt [[Yelizaveta Shobert|Liza]] went to get the carpet which she wanted to give to you as a present when you arrived. Here there has been snow on the streets for a long time now, but the people are still driving around on wheels. It will be so merry for me when Nikolinka comes this evening <ref name="note4"/>. Recently he was praying to God, then he remembered [[Kolya]] <ref name="note5"/> and wanted to pray to God on his behalf because he was ill

Goodbye, my wonderful Angels, I kiss your little hands and ask your blessing. Your son,
{{right|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}
-----
Dear [[Aunt Liza]] and Sestritsa. I definitely want to write a few words to you, too, my dear ones, but I really have nothing to write about, except that I love you very, very much. Please kiss for me my dear cousins, [[Malya]], Mina, and Katya <ref name="note6"/>, and I ask you to give my regards to "Je crois bien!" Mashurochka <ref name="note7"/>. Goodbye, my dear ones, your nephew and brother,
{{right|Pyotr}}
-----
Dear sisters [[Zina]] and [[Sasha]]. I think it must have been very merry for you when you got back home and saw the three Angels: [[Papasha]], [[Modya]], and [[Tolya]].

Please would you kiss for me over and over again those two cherubs [[Tolya]] and [[Modya]]. Goodbye, my dear sisters. Your brother,
{{right|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}
-----
{{centre|Dear brother [[Polya]]}}
I can imagine how glad you were when [[Mamasha]] gave you that sabre, satchel, and helmet. Please kiss for me my dear Karolina. Goodbye, dear [[Polya]]. Your brother,
{{right|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Shortly after Tchaikovsky was enrolled in the School of Jurisprudence's preparatory class there had been an outbreak of scarlet fever in the school, and Modest Alekseyevich Vakar, a friend of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s who had agreed to act as Pyotr's guardian, decided to take him into his house until the epidemic was over.</ref>
<ref name="note2">This question is addressed to his [[mother]] and to his sisters [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] ('[[Sasha]]') and [[Zinayda]], who had accompanied him to [[Saint Petersburg]] in August, but had left to return to [[Alapayevsk]] at the end of September.</ref>
<ref name="note3">'Sestritsa', or 'little sister', was the affectionate name for Tchaikovsky's cousin, Anastasiya Vasilyevna Popova (1807–1894), the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s older sister [[Yevdokiya Popova]].</ref>
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's brother [[Nikolay]] (who was two years older) was also a boarder in [[Saint Petersburg]], though not at the School of Jurisprudence, but at the city's Mining College. On Sundays and other holidays they were allowed to see each other.</ref>
<ref name="note5">Nikolay, or Kolya, was the five-year-old son of Modest Vakar. Shortly after this letter was written he would contract scarlet fever (brought into the Vakars' house by Tchaikovsky). His death on 24 November/6 December was a traumatic experience for young Pyotr, who reproached himself greatly.</ref>
<ref name="note6">Vilgelmina ('Mina') and Yekaterina ('Katya') were younger sisters of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya Shobert]] (later Litke).</ref>
<ref name="note7">Marya Yegorovna Foss was a nanny and governess in the Shobert family. "Je crois bien!" ('I should think so!') was a humorous catchphrase of hers.</ref>
</references>
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	\|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 3–4)		\|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 3–4)
	\|Publication={{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 65–66 <br/>{{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 12–13 (dated mid November)<br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 12–13.		\|Publication={{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 65–66 <br/>{{bib\|1940/210\|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 12–13 (dated mid November)<br/>{{bib\|1959/50\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 12–13.
	\|Notes=Includes postscripts to [[Yelizaveta ~~Shobert~~]], Anastasiya Popova, [[Zinayda Olkhovskaya\|Zinayda Tchaikovskaya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]], and [[Ippolit Tchaikovsky]].		\|Notes=Includes postscripts to [[Yelizaveta Schobert]], Anastasiya Popova, [[Zinayda Olkhovskaya\|Zinayda Tchaikovskaya]], [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]], and [[Ippolit Tchaikovsky]].
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	Last Sunday I went to the ballet with them. In January I shall be waiting for you from hour to hour, my marvellous and wonderful [parents] with [[Modya]] and [[Tolya]], because I am very sad without you.		Last Sunday I went to the ballet with them. In January I shall be waiting for you from hour to hour, my marvellous and wonderful [parents] with [[Modya]] and [[Tolya]], because I am very sad without you.

	Did you get home all right, my dear ones? <ref name="note2"/> Oh how I would have wished to see everyone's joy when you arrived in [[Alapayevsk]]. My dear [[Papasha]] was probably very glad when he saw [[Mamasha]]; Sestritsa <ref name="note3"/> probably ran off to get lunch ready, while Aunt [[Yelizaveta ~~Shobert~~\|Liza]] went to get the carpet which she wanted to give to you as a present when you arrived. Here there has been snow on the streets for a long time now, but the people are still driving around on wheels. It will be so merry for me when Nikolinka comes this evening <ref name="note4"/>. Recently he was praying to God, then he remembered [[Kolya]] <ref name="note5"/> and wanted to pray to God on his behalf because he was ill		Did you get home all right, my dear ones? <ref name="note2"/> Oh how I would have wished to see everyone's joy when you arrived in [[Alapayevsk]]. My dear [[Papasha]] was probably very glad when he saw [[Mamasha]]; Sestritsa <ref name="note3"/> probably ran off to get lunch ready, while Aunt [[Yelizaveta Schobert\|Liza]] went to get the carpet which she wanted to give to you as a present when you arrived. Here there has been snow on the streets for a long time now, but the people are still driving around on wheels. It will be so merry for me when Nikolinka comes this evening <ref name="note4"/>. Recently he was praying to God, then he remembered [[Kolya]] <ref name="note5"/> and wanted to pray to God on his behalf because he was ill

	Goodbye, my wonderful Angels, I kiss your little hands and ask your blessing. Your son,		Goodbye, my wonderful Angels, I kiss your little hands and ask your blessing. Your son,
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	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's brother [[Nikolay]] (who was two years older) was also a boarder in [[Saint Petersburg]], though not at the School of Jurisprudence, but at the city's Mining College. On Sundays and other holidays they were allowed to see each other.</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky's brother [[Nikolay]] (who was two years older) was also a boarder in [[Saint Petersburg]], though not at the School of Jurisprudence, but at the city's Mining College. On Sundays and other holidays they were allowed to see each other.</ref>
	<ref name="note5">Nikolay, or Kolya, was the five-year-old son of Modest Vakar. Shortly after this letter was written he would contract scarlet fever (brought into the Vakars' house by Tchaikovsky). His death on 24 November/6 December was a traumatic experience for young Pyotr, who reproached himself greatly.</ref>		<ref name="note5">Nikolay, or Kolya, was the five-year-old son of Modest Vakar. Shortly after this letter was written he would contract scarlet fever (brought into the Vakars' house by Tchaikovsky). His death on 24 November/6 December was a traumatic experience for young Pyotr, who reproached himself greatly.</ref>
	<ref name="note6">Vilgelmina ('Mina') and Yekaterina ('Katya') were younger sisters of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya ~~Shobert~~]] (later Litke).</ref>		<ref name="note6">Vilgelmina ('Mina') and Yekaterina ('Katya') were younger sisters of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya Schobert]] (later Litke).</ref>
	<ref name="note7">Marya Yegorovna Foss was a nanny and governess in the ~~Shobert~~ family. "Je crois bien!" ('I should think so!') was a humorous catchphrase of hers.</ref>		<ref name="note7">Marya Yegorovna Foss was a nanny and governess in the Schobert family. "Je crois bien!" ('I should think so!') was a humorous catchphrase of hers.</ref>
	</references>		</references>
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