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{{picture|file=Aleksey Sofronov.jpg|caption='''Aleksey Sofronov''' (1859-1925)}}
{{picture|file=Aleksey Sofronov.jpg|caption='''Aleksey Sofronov''' (1859-1925)}}
Long-time servant of the composer (b. 1859 in [[Klin]]; d. 1925), born '''''Aleksey Ivanovich Sofronov''''' (Алексей Иванович Софронов), known affectionately by Tchaikovsky as '''''Alyosha''''' (Алëша) or '''''Lyonya''''' (Лёня).
Long-time servant of the composer (b. 1859 at Tiliktino, near [[Klin]]; d. 1925 at [[Klin]]), born '''''Aleksey Ivanovich Sofronov''''' (Алексей Иванович Софронов), known affectionately by Tchaikovsky as '''''Alyosha''''' (Алëша) or '''''Lyonya''''' (Лёня).


In 1871, Aleksey first stood in for his older brother [[Mikhail Sofronov|Mikhail]] (1848–1932) as Tchaikovsky's servant in [[Moscow]]. After [[Mikhail Sofronov|Mikhail]] left Tchaikovsky's service in 1877, Aleksey stayed on to serve the composer for the rest of his days. Tchaikovsky became very attached to Aleksey, who was always staunchly loyal to his master, and helped to found the memorial museum at [[Klin]] after the composer's death.
In 1871, Aleksey first stood in for his older brother [[Mikhail Sofronov|Mikhail]] (1848–1932) as Tchaikovsky's servant in [[Moscow]]. After [[Mikhail Sofronov|Mikhail]] left Tchaikovsky's service in 1877, Aleksey stayed on to serve the composer for the rest of his days. Tchaikovsky became very attached to Aleksey, who was always staunchly loyal to his master, and helped to found the memorial museum at [[Klin]] after the composer's death.
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* '''[[Letter 1292]]''' – 11/23 September 1879, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 1292]]''' – 11/23 September 1879, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1618]] – 27 October/8 November 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1618]] – 27 October/8 November 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1656]] – 26 December 1880/7 January 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 1656]]''' – 26 December 1880/7 January 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 1659]]''' – 29 December 1880/10 January 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 1659]]''' – 29 December 1880/10 January 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1672]] – 29 January/10 February 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 1672]]''' – 29 January/10 February 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1674]] – 2/14 February 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 1674]]''' – 2/14 February 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1677]] – 10/22 February 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 1677]]''' – 10/22 February 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1687]] – 19 February/3 March 1881, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 1687]]''' – 19 February/3 March 1881, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 1696]] – 26 February/10 March 1881, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1696]]''' – 26 February/10 March 1881, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1705]] – 10/22 March 1881, from [[Nice]]
* '''[[Letter 1705]]''' – 10/22 March 1881, from [[Nice]]
* [[Letter 1720]] – 28 March/9 April 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 1720]]''' – 28 March/9 April 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1730]] – 20 April/2 May 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1730]] – 20 April/2 May 1881, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1731]] – 25 April/7 May 1881, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1731]] – 25 April/7 May 1881, from [[Moscow]]
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* [[Letter 1907]] – 6/18 December 1881, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1907]] – 6/18 December 1881, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1913]] – 15/27 December 1881, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1913]] – 15/27 December 1881, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1917]] – 24 December 1881/5 January 1882, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1917]]''' – 24 December 1881/5 January 1882, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1922]] – 29 December 1881/10 January 1882, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1922]]''' – 29 December 1881/10 January 1882, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1938]] – 18/30 January 1882, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1938]]''' – 18/30 January 1882, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1942]] – 22 January/3 February 1882, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1942]]''' – 22 January/3 February 1882, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1950]] – 30 January/11 February 1882, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1950]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1882, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1962]] – 11/23 February 1882, from [[Naples]]
* '''[[Letter 1962]]''' – 11/23 February 1882, from [[Naples]]
* [[Letter 1969]] – 16/28 February 1882, from [[Naples]]
* '''[[Letter 1969]]''' – 16/28 February 1882, from [[Naples]]
* [[Letter 1979]] – 24 February/8 March 1882, from [[Naples]]
* '''[[Letter 1979]]''' – 24 February/8 March 1882, from [[Naples]]
* [[Letter 2012]] – 2/14 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2012]] – 2/14 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2022]] – 16/28 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2022]] – 16/28 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
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* [[Letter 2140]] – 20 October/1 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2140]] – 20 October/1 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2169]] – 5/17 December 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2169]] – 5/17 December 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2175]] – 21 December 1882/2 January 1883, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 2175]]''' – 21 December 1882/2 January 1883, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 2191]] – 8/20 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2191]]''' – 8/20 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2198]] – 14/26 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2198]]''' – 14/26 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2208]] – 24 January/5 February 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2208]]''' – 24 January/5 February 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2220]] – 7/19 February 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2220]]''' – 7/19 February 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2223]] – 12/24 February 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2223]]''' – 12/24 February 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2229]] – 26 February/10 March 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2229]]''' – 26 February/10 March 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2237]] – 11/23 March 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2237]]''' – 11/23 March 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2251]] – 30 March/11 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2251]]''' – 30 March/11 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2279]] – 28 April/10 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2279]] – 28 April/10 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2431]] – 8/20 February 1884, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 2431]]''' – 8/20 February 1884, from [[Berlin]]
* [[Letter 2438]] – 18 February/1 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2438]]''' – 18 February/1 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2442]] – 22 February/5 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2442]]''' – 22 February/5 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2446]] – 26 February/9 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
*''' [[Letter 2446]]''' – 26 February/9 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2614]] – 1/13 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2614]] – 1/13 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3254]]''' – 11/23 May 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3254]]''' – 11/23 May 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
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* '''[[Letter 3320]]''' – 15/27 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3320]]''' – 15/27 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3379]]''' – 9/21 October 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3379]]''' – 9/21 October 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 3451]] – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]]
* '''[[Letter 3451]]''' – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]]
* '''[[Letter 3476]]''' – 15/27 January 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3476]]''' – 15/27 January 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3483]]''' – 23 January/5 February 1888, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3483]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1888, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3491]]''' – 4/16 February 1888, from [[Prague]]
* '''[[Letter 3491]]''' – 4/16 February 1888, from [[Prague]]
* '''[[Letter 3510]]''' – 1/13 March 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3510]]''' – 1/13 March 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3521]]''' – 12/24 March 1888, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 3521]]''' – 12/24 March 1888, from [[London]]
* [[Letter 3538]] – 28 March/9 April 1888, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 3538]]''' – 28 March/9 April 1888, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 3775]]''' – 24 January/5 February 1889, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3775]]''' – 24 January/5 February 1889, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3780]]''' – 2/14 February 1889, from [[Frankfurt]]
* '''[[Letter 3780]]''' – 2/14 February 1889, from [[Frankfurt]]
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* '''[[Letter 4531a]]''' – 31 October/12 November 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4531a]]''' – 31 October/12 November 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4577]]''' – 15/27 December 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4577]]''' – 15/27 December 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4587]] – 30 December 1891/11 January 1892, from [[Warsaw]]
* '''[[Letter 4587]]''' – 30 December 1891/11 January 1892, from [[Warsaw]]
* [[Letter 4600]] – 12/24 January 1892, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4600]]''' – 12/24 January 1892, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4601]]''' – 13/25 January 1892, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4601]]''' – 13/25 January 1892, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4700]]''' – 31 May/12 June 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4700]]''' – 31 May/12 June 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
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* '''[[Letter 5024]]''' – 3/15 September 1893, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 5024]]''' – 3/15 September 1893, from [[Saint Petersburg]]


130 letters from Aleksey Sofronov to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1877 to 1893, are preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive.
128 letters from Aleksey Sofronov to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1877 to 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 4062–4189).
 
[[Category:People|Sofronov, Aleksey]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Sofronov, Aleksey]]


==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:ru:Софронов,_Алексей_Иванович|Wikipedia]] (in Russian)


[[Category:People|Sofronov, Aleksey]]
[[Category:People|Sofronov, Aleksey]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Sofronov, Aleksey]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Sofronov, Aleksey]]

Latest revision as of 15:15, 11 April 2024

Aleksey Sofronov (1859-1925)

Long-time servant of the composer (b. 1859 at Tiliktino, near Klin; d. 1925 at Klin), born Aleksey Ivanovich Sofronov (Алексей Иванович Софронов), known affectionately by Tchaikovsky as Alyosha (Алëша) or Lyonya (Лёня).

In 1871, Aleksey first stood in for his older brother Mikhail (1848–1932) as Tchaikovsky's servant in Moscow. After Mikhail left Tchaikovsky's service in 1877, Aleksey stayed on to serve the composer for the rest of his days. Tchaikovsky became very attached to Aleksey, who was always staunchly loyal to his master, and helped to found the memorial museum at Klin after the composer's death.

Tchaikovsky was also godfather to Aleksey's son Georgy (b. 1892), by his second wife Yekaterina (b. 1873).

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

117 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksey Sofronov have survived, dating from 1875 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

128 letters from Aleksey Sofronov to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1877 to 1893, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 4062–4189).

External Links

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