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Golubchik [[Modya]]! I left [[London]] still semi-unwell, but the journey eventually recuperated me; I travelled without stopping to [[Vienna]], arriving here yesterday. [[Vienna]] is as tiresome and objectionable as ever. What a long way I still have to go! Tomorrow morning (I have to stay until then because the laundry won't be ready any earlier) I'm going to Volonsk, on Saturday 19 March I'll be in ''[[Kharkov]]'' (this is unavoidable), where I'll rest for 24 hours, and on Monday I'll be in [[Taganrog]], staying for 2 or 3 days, thence to Rostov, [[Vladikavkaz]] and, providing there isn't any significant delay, I'll only reach [[Tiflis]] on Sunday 27th March. Only 2 weeks more remaining until my journey's end!!! Alternatively, to go by sea is: 1) terrible, 2) I'll miss [[Ippolit]], whom I've already passed by for 2 years, and 3) it would take even longer. I'm absolutely well. Write, for God's sake, to [[Tiflis]].
Golubchik [[Modya]]! I left [[London]] still semi-unwell, but the journey eventually recuperated me; I travelled without stopping to [[Vienna]], arriving here yesterday. [[Vienna]] is as tiresome and horrible as ever. What a long way I still have to go! Tomorrow morning (I have to stay until then because the laundry won't be ready any earlier) I'm going to Volonsk, on Saturday 19 March I'll be in ''[[Kharkov]]'' (this is unavoidable), where I'll rest for 24 hours, and on Monday I'll be in [[Taganrog]], staying for 2 or 3 days, thence to Rostov, [[Vladikavkaz]] and, providing there isn't any significant delay, I'll only reach [[Tiflis]] on Sunday 27th March. Only 2 weeks more remaining until my journey's end!!! Alternatively, to go by sea is: 1) terrible, 2) I'll miss [[Ippolit]], whom I've already passed by for 2 years, and 3) it would take even longer. I'm absolutely well. Write, for God's sake, to [[Tiflis]].


Kisses, hugs!
Kisses, hugs!
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{{right|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 24 January 2024

Date 15/27 March 1888
Addressed to Modest Tchaikovsky
Where written Vienna
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 1884)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким. Избранное (1955), p. 398–399
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 394
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography (1981), p. 397–398 (English translation)

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Russian text
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English translation
By Brett Langston
Вена
27/15 марта [18]88

Голубчик Модя! Из Лондона выехал полубольной ещё, но дорогой окончательно оправился; безостановочно ехал на Вену. Приехал сюда вчера. Вена скучна и противна, как всегда. Какой огромный путь мне предстоит! Я еду завтра утром (так долго остаюсь, ибо белье не может быть раньше готово) в Волочиск, в субботу 19 марта буду в Харькове (иначе нельзя), там отдохну сутки, в понедельник буду в Таганроге, останусь дня 2 или 3, оттуда в Ростов, Владикавказ и, если никакой особенной задержки не будет, лишь в воскресенье 27-го марта попаду в Тифлис. Почти 2 недели ещё остаётся пока доберусь!!! А между тем морем, во 1-х, страшно, во 2-х, пропущу Ипполита, которого уже 2-ой год надуваю, и в 3-х, времени возьмёт ещё больше. Совершенно здоров. Пиши, ради Бога, в Тифлис.

Целую, обнимаю!

Твой, П. Чайковский

Vienna
27/15 March 1888

Golubchik Modya! I left London still semi-unwell, but the journey eventually recuperated me; I travelled without stopping to Vienna, arriving here yesterday. Vienna is as tiresome and horrible as ever. What a long way I still have to go! Tomorrow morning (I have to stay until then because the laundry won't be ready any earlier) I'm going to Volonsk, on Saturday 19 March I'll be in Kharkov (this is unavoidable), where I'll rest for 24 hours, and on Monday I'll be in Taganrog, staying for 2 or 3 days, thence to Rostov, Vladikavkaz and, providing there isn't any significant delay, I'll only reach Tiflis on Sunday 27th March. Only 2 weeks more remaining until my journey's end!!! Alternatively, to go by sea is: 1) terrible, 2) I'll miss Ippolit, whom I've already passed by for 2 years, and 3) it would take even longer. I'm absolutely well. Write, for God's sake, to Tiflis.

Kisses, hugs!

Yours, P. Tchaikovsky