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{{picture|file=Ivan Klimenko.jpg|caption='''Ivan Klimenko''' (1839-1914)}}
Architect, railway official, amateur musician, and friend of Tchaikovsky (b. 1839; d. 1914 in Rostov-on-Don), born '''''Ivan Aleksandrovich Klimenko''''' (Иван Александрович Клименко).

Klimenko first met Tchaikovsky during the early 1860s at [[Aleksandr Serov]]'s house in [[Saint Petersburg]], and later became one of the composer's closest friends during his period of residence in [[Moscow]] (1866–1878). In 1908, Klimenko published his own reminiscences of the composer: ''My Recollections of P. I. Tchaikovsky'' <ref name="note1"/>.

==Dedications==
In 1869, Tchaikovsky dedicated his song ''Why?'' — No. 5 of the [[Six Romances, Op. 6]], Op. 6 — "to Ivan Aleksandrovich Klimenko".

In 1887, he also wrote the humorous poem "To Klimenko" ([[TH]] 389), contained in [[Letter 3349]] (see below).

==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
19 letters from Tchaikovsky to Ivan Klimenko have survived, dating from 1869 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* [[Letter 162]] – 26 November/8 December 1869, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 177]]''' – late 1860s, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 187]]''' – 1/13 April 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 190]]''' – 1/13 May–4/16 May 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 213]] – 26 October/7 November 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 232]]''' – 16/28 March 1871, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 239]]''' – 12/24 September 1871, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 254]]''' – 4/16 February 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 259]]''' – by June 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 260]]''' – by June 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 261]]''' – by June 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 262]]''' – by June 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 276]] – 15/27 November 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 278]]''' – 7/19 December 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 560]]''' – 6/18 May 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 561]]''' – 8/20 or 9/21 May 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 563]]''' – 18/30 May 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3349]] – 13/25 September 1887 (?), from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4891]]''' – 11/23 March 1893, from [[Kharkov]]

==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1903/13}} (1903)
* {{bib|1908/13}} (1908)
* {{bib|1908/14}} (1908)
* {{bib|1908/15}} (1908)
* {{bib|1952/19}} (1952)
* {{bib|1977/18}} (1977)
* {{bib|1994/76}} (1994)
* {{bib|1995/67}} (1995)
* {{bib|1995/68}} (1995)
* {{bib|1999/49}} (1999)

==External Links==
* {{viaf|29139154}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">{{bib|1908/14|Мои воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1908).</ref>
</references>
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