Olga Tchaikovskaya
Sister-in-law of the composer (d. around 1919), born Olga Sergeyevna Denisyeva (Ольга Сергеевна Денисьева); known after her marriage as Olga Sergeyevna Chaykovskaya (Ольга Сергеевна Чайковская).
In 1872, Olga married the composer's brother Nikolay Tchaikovsky (1838–1911), and in 1886 the couple adopted the illegitimate son of Nikolay's niece Tatyana Davydova, who took the name Georgy Tchaikovsky (b. 1883).
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
13 letters from Tchaikovsky to his sister-in-law Olga have survived, dating from 1885 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 2737 – 10/22 July 1885, from Maydanovo
- Letter 2914a – 17/29 March 1886, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 3272 – 21 June/3 July 1887, from Borzhom
- Letter 3575 – 20 May/1 June 1888, from Frolovskoye
- Letter 3594 – 14/26 June 1888, from Frolovskoye
- Letter 3741 – 17/29 December 1888, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 3971 – 8/20 November 1889, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 4267 – 4/16 December 1890, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 4430 – 27 June/9 July 1891, from Maydanovo
- Letter 4718 – 30 June/12 July 1892, from Vichy
- Letter 4802 – 9/21 November 1892, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 4808 – 21 November/3 December 1892, from Saint Petersburg
- Letter 4987 – 23 July/4 August 1893, from Klin
Letters 2737, 4430, 4718 and 4987 were addressed jointly to Olga and her husband Nikolay Tchaikovsky, and Letter 4718 also their adopted son Georgy Tchaikovsky.
13 letters from Olga Tchaikovsky to the composer, dating from 1886 to 1893, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin.
