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Mother of [[Nikolay Konradi]] (b. 1849; d. 1932), born '''''Alina Ivanovna Meyer''''' (Алина Ивановна Мейер); known after her first marriage as '''''Alina Ivanovna Konradi''''' (Алина Ивановна Конради), and after her second marriage as '''''Alina Ivanovna Bryullova''''' (Алина Ивановна Брюллова).

It was from Alina's first marriage to the agriculturist [[Herman Konradi]] (1833–1882) that she had a deaf-mute son [[Nikolay Konradi|Nikolay]] ("Kolya"), to whom Tchaikovsky's brother [[Modest]] became tutor in 1876. The composer and his brother often stayed at the Konradis' estate at [[Grankino]] and knew the family well, although relations with Alina became strained after she divorced from her husband in 1881, and [[Modest]] was granted permanent guardianship of [[Nikolay Konradi|Kolya]] the following year.

During the 1880s Alina married her second husband Vladimir Aleksandrovich Bryullov (1846–1918), the manager of the Russian National Museum.

Although Tchaikovsky's letters reveal that in private he found Alina a very "disagreeable" person, for [[Nikolay Konradi|Nikolay]] and [[Modest]]'s sake he concealed his misgivings.

==Dedications==
In 1893, Tchaikovsky dedicated his piano piece ''Echo rustique'' — No. 13 of the [[Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72]] — "à Mme. Aline Brulow".

==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Alina Bryullova (Konradi) have survived, dating from 1879 and 1880, both of which have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 1226]]''' –  5/17 July 1879, from [[Nizy]]
* '''[[Letter 1484]]''' –  25 April/7 May 1880, from [[Kamenka]]

4 letters from Alina Bryullova (Konradi) to the composer, dating from around 1878 to 1881, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 1671–1674).

==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1962/12}} (1962)
* {{bib|1973/16}} (1973)
* {{bib|1979/19}} (1979)
* {{bib|1980/27}} (1980)
* {{bib|1993/34}} (1993)

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