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{{picture|file=Vladimir Pogozhev.jpg|caption='''Vladimir Pogozhev''' (1851-1935)}}
|Date=4/16 June 1890
Russian military officer, lawyer and archaeologist (b. 1851; d. 1935), born '''''Vladimir Petrovich Pogozhev''''' (Владимир Петрович Погожев).
|To=[[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson]]
|Place=[[Frolovskoye]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 3348)
|Publication={{bib|1977/40|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV-Б}} (1977), p. 168
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''4 июня'' 1890}}
{{centre|Милая Анна Яковлевна!}}
Письмо Ваше я получил сегодня. Я в настоящее время решительно не могу покинуть деревню, ибо мне необходимо к сроку окончить партитуру оперы. Я дорожу каждым часом. Покорнейше Вас попрошу записать меня крестным отцом, если Вы всё-таки этого хотите, но крестить ребёнка без меня. Дело в том, что я новорождённых детей боюсь держать в руках и вот уже много лет безусловно отказываюсь от активного участия в обряде крестин. В молодости я ещё мог преодолеть какой-то нервный болезненный страх, как бы не уронить ребёнка, — теперь, уже очень давно, принуждена отклонять приглашения в крестные отцы, если ребёнок мальчик в особенности. Но если бы даже не было этого препятствия, то всё-таки я не мог бы теперь никоим образом бросить свою работу.


Желаю Вам быстрого выздоровления и всяческого благополучия.
After serving as an officer in the Semyonovsky Regiment, he became an official of the board of the Imperial Theatres in 1882. The following year, he was promoted to manager of the office of the Imperial Theatres in [[Saint Petersburg]], where he remained until 1908. He was an admirer of Tchaikovsky's work, and helped to promote the staging of the composer's operas and ballets in the Russian capital.


Искренно преданный,
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
{{right|П. Чайковский}}
15 letters from Tchaikovsky to Vladimir Pogozhev have survived, dating from 1887 to 1892, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* [[Letter 3177]] – 10/22 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3461]]''' – 2/14 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]]
* [[Letter 3537]] – 28 March/9 April 1888, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 3554]]''' – 25 April/7 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3560]]''' – 28 April/10 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3664]] – 10/22 September 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3682]] – 1/13 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3844]]''' – 26 April/8 May 1889, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 4119]] – 24 May/5 June 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4130]]''' – 31 May/12 June 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4210]] – 3/15 September 1890, from [[Kiev]]
* '''[[Letter 4280]]''' – 24 December 1890/5 January 1891, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 4289]]''' – 6/18 January 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4512]]''' – 16/28 October 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4783]]''' – 11/23 October 1892, from [[Klin]]


|Translated text={{right|''4 June'' 1890}}
4 letters from Pogozhev to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1887 to 1890, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 3623–3626).
{{centre|Dear [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson|Anna Yakovlevna]]!}}
I received your letter today <ref name="note1"/>. At present I am categorically unable to leave the village, because I need to finish the full score of the opera <ref name="note2"/> in time. Every hour is precious. I humbly ask you to put my name down as godfather, if you want this nevertheless, but to christen the child without me. The fact is that I am afraid to hold newborn children in my hands, and for many years I have resolutely refused to participate in the christening ceremony. In my youth I could still overcome my nervous morbid fear of dropping a child, —  now, and for a long while, I have been obliged to decline invitations to become a godfather, especially if the child is a boy. But even without this impediment, there is no way that I could take leave of my work now.


I wish you a speedy recovery and all best wishes.
==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1924/1}} (1924)
* {{bib|1924/30}} (1924)
* {{bib|1941/17}} (1941)
* {{bib|1946/47}} (1946)
* {{bib|1962/77}} (1962)
* {{bib|1973/84}} (1973)
* {{bib|1979/88}} (1979)
* {{bib|1979/89}} (1979)
* {{bib|1980/128}} (1980)
* {{bib|1993/179}} (1993)
* {{bib|1994/3}} (1994)
* {{bib|1994/124}} (1994)
* {{bib|1994/125}} (1994)
* {{bib|1999/90}} (1999)


Sincerely devoted,
==External Links==
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
* {{IMSLP|Pogozhev,_Vladimir}}
}}
* {{viaf|192864687}}
==Notes and References==
 
<references>
[[Category:People|Pogozhev, Vladimir]]
<ref name="note1">Letter from [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson]] to Tchaikovsky dated 25 May/6 June 1890, in which she asked the composer to become a godparent to her son Vladimir.</ref>
[[Category:Correspondents|Pogozhev, Vladimir]]
<ref name="note2">''[[The Queen of Spades]]''.</ref>
</references>

Revision as of 13:58, 13 February 2024

Vladimir Pogozhev (1851-1935)

Russian military officer, lawyer and archaeologist (b. 1851; d. 1935), born Vladimir Petrovich Pogozhev (Владимир Петрович Погожев).

After serving as an officer in the Semyonovsky Regiment, he became an official of the board of the Imperial Theatres in 1882. The following year, he was promoted to manager of the office of the Imperial Theatres in Saint Petersburg, where he remained until 1908. He was an admirer of Tchaikovsky's work, and helped to promote the staging of the composer's operas and ballets in the Russian capital.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

15 letters from Tchaikovsky to Vladimir Pogozhev have survived, dating from 1887 to 1892, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

4 letters from Pogozhev to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1887 to 1890, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 3623–3626).

Bibliography

External Links