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Russian diplomat, theatre director, and designer (b. 2/14 April 1835; d. 10/23 November 1909 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born Prince '''''Ivan Aleksandrovich Vsevolozhsky''''' (Иван Александрович Всеволожский).
==Letters to Modest Tchaikovsky==
674 letters from the composer to his brother [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] have survived, dating from 1865 to 1893. Those highlighted in bold in the list below have been translated into English on this website


====1865====
==Biography==
* '''[[Letter 74]]''' – mid/late October 1865, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
After graduating from [[Saint Petersburg]] University, Vsevolozhsky worked in the Asian Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for some years before being sent on diplomatic postings to The Hague and [[Paris]]. In 1881, he was appointed Director of Imperial Theatres for [[Moscow]], with responsibility for the city's two main venues (the Bolshoi and Maly Theatres). This was a post which suited perfectly Vsevolozhsky's abilities and interests, as he had always been an enthusiast of the theatre, opera, and ballet. He was also an amateur playwright with at least two plays to his name.
====1866====
* '''[[Letter 77]]''' – 6/18 January 1866, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Modest and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 78]]''' – 10/22 January 1866, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Modest and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 82]]''' – 16/28 January 1866, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 83]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1866, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Modest and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 84]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1866, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Modest and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 87]]''' – between 8/20 February and 20 February/4 March 1866, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 89]]''' – 7/19 April 1866, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Modest and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 91]]''' – 16/28 April 1866, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Modest and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])


====1867====
Vsevolozhsky was convinced that the Imperial Theatres should not just be run as a commercial enterprise or cater solely to the court, but that they should serve a wider educational purpose in Russian society. Thus, in 1882 he wrote a report to the Minister of the Court, emphasizing that the theatre provided "a means by which the illusions of the stage allow the viewer to experience in a few hours those lifetime experiences for which one would ordinarily have to sacrifice one's childhood. In a word, the theatre is a universal school for people of all ages, callings, and incomes". His ambitious reform proposals were accepted by [[Alexander III]], and so he was able to increase the salaries and royalties paid to artists, have a new rehearsal hall built for the ballet school, and initiate the publication of the ''Yearbook of the Imperial Theatres'' (Ежегодник императорских театров) in 1892.
* [[Letter 107]] – between 16/28 October and 30 October/11 November 1867, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 109]]''' – 25 November/7 December 1867, from [[Moscow]]


====1868====
==Tchaikovsky and Vsevolozhsky==
* '''[[Letter 119]]''' – 13/25 September 1868, from [[Moscow]]
Although in music Vsevolozhsky's preferences were clearly with Italian opera and he generally disliked the younger generation of Russian composers, the crucial exception was Tchaikovsky, whom he thought very highly of. Already in 1885 he had suggested to the composer the idea of writing an opera ''[[The Captain's Daughter]]'' based on [[Pushkin]]'s historical novel, but Tchaikovsky had proved reluctant to tackle this subject. Around 1885, Vsevolozhsky also first floated the idea of an opera based on [[Pushkin]]'s ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'', though not yet involving Tchaikovsky.
* [[Letter 123]] – November 1868, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 124]]''' – mid/late December 1868, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 127]]''' – 1868, from [[Moscow]]


====1869====
In 1886, Vsevolozhsky was appointed Director of Imperial Theatres for [[Saint Petersburg]] — a post he would occupy until 1899. There he was in charge of the Mariinsky, Aleksandrinsky, and Mikhaylovsky Theatres, and it was under his supervision that the Imperial Ballet and Opera moved from their previous location in the Bolshoi Kamennyi (Great Stone) Theatre to the Mariinsky in 1886. In that year he also tried to persuade Tchaikovsky to write a ballet ''[[Undina]]'', but nothing came of this project either.
* '''[[Letter 130]]''' – 1/13 February 1869, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 135]]''' – 3/15 April 1869, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 147]]''' – early/mid September 1869, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 155]] – 12/24 October 1869, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 161]]''' – 18/30 November 1869, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 166]]''' – early/mid December 1869, from [[Moscow]]


====1870====
In 1888, however, Vsevolozhsky commissioned a new ballet from Tchaikovsky — ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' — for which he provided a detailed scenario, as well as suggestions as to how the epoch of Louis XIV was to be reproduced in the music and on the stage. This time the composer was enthusiastic about the subject and readily set to work on the assignment. Vsevolozhsky arranged the initial meeting between Tchaikovsky and [[Marius Petipa]], and throughout their fruitful collaboration on this first joint project he acted as an intermediary between them. A fine draughtsman, Vsevolozhsky also produced sketches of the costumes for the ballet's fairy-tale figures and supervised the work of the set designers, always striving for historical authenticity. The successful premiere of ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre on 3/15 January 1890 vindicated his creative vision, and Yelena Fedosova has rightly emphasized that Vsevolozhsky anticipated by two decades the idea commonly attributed to Sergey Diaghilev (1872–1929) of "uniting composer, ballet master, and visual artist in the creation of a work". Tchaikovsky acknowledged Vsevolozhsky's vital contribution and support by dedicating ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' to him.
* '''[[Letter 178]]''' – 13/25 January 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 183]] – 2/14 March–3/15 March 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 185]] – 26 March/7 April 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 198]] – 7/19 June 1870, from [[Soden]]
* [[Letter 202]] – 12/24 July 1870, from [[Interlaken]]
* [[Letter 202a]] – 30 August/11 September 1870, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 206]] – 17/29 September 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 209]] – 5/17 October 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 211]]''' – between 9/21 and 14/26(?) October 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 215]] – 1/13 November 1870, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 218]]''' – 7/19 December 1870, from [[Moscow]]


====1872====
Vsevolozhsky was also responsible for commissioning ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' in 1890 (for which he also provided the libretto and designed the costumes), as well as the opera ''[[Iolanta]]''. After Tchaikovsky's death he continued the model successfully established with ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' by bringing together [[Petipa]] and [[Aleksandr Glazunov]] to work on ''Raymonda'', which was premiered in 1898. All in all, during his directorship of the Imperial Theatres (1881–99), Vsevolozhsky designed the costumes for some 25 ballets and operas.
* [[Letter 266]] – by 10/22 June 1872, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 270]] – 17/29 July–18/30 July 1872, from [[Vorozhba]]
* '''[[Letter 275]]''' – 2/14 November 1872, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 280]] – 10/22 December 1872, from [[Moscow]]


====1873====
In 1899, he was appointed Director of the Hermitage Museum in [[Saint Petersburg]], and he held this post until his death.
* '''[[Letter 289]]''' – 13/25 February 1873, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 301]]''' – 27 April/9 May 1873, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Modest and [[Aleksandra Davydova]])
* [[Letter 327]] – 28 November/10 December 1873, from [[Moscow]]


====1874====
==Dedications==
* [[Letter 347]] – 17/29 April 1874, from [[Venice]]
Tchaikovsky dedicated his ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'', Op. 66 (1888–89), to Ivan Vsevolozhsky. "... don't forget to put this on the title page in big letters", the composer told [[Jurgenson]]. "He is terribly proud of my dedication" <ref name="note1"/>.
* '''[[Letter 351]]''' – 27 April/9 May 1874, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 354]] – 18/30 June 1874, from [[Nizy]]
* [[Letter 368]] – 29 October/10 November 1874, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 373]] – 26 November/8 December 1874, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 375]] – 16/28 December 1874, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 377]]''' – 17/29 December 1874 (?), from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 378]]''' – between 20 December 1874/1 January 1875 and 23 December 1874/4 January 1875, from [[Moscow]]


====1875====
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
* '''[[Letter 384]]''' – 6/18 January 1875, from [[Moscow]]
30 letters from Tchaikovsky to Ivan Vsevolozshky have survived, dating from 1883 to 1892, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 388]]''' – late January/early February 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2393]] – 20 November/2 December 1883, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 389]]''' – 3/15 February 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2410]]''' – 14/26 January 1884, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 391]]''' – 13/25 February 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2617a]] – 9/21 December 1884, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 392]]''' – between 20 February/4 March and 23 February/7 March 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2752]] – 22 August/3 September 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 395]] – 12/24 March 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3130]]''' – 25 December 1886/6 January 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 397]] – 27 March/8 April 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3255]]''' – 13/25 May 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 398]] – 30 March/11 April or 31 March/12 April 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3418]] – 25 November/7 December 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 403]]''' – between 20 May/1 June and 24 May/5 June 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3422]]''' – 28 November/10 December 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 406]] – 29 June/11 July 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3458]]''' – 2/14 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]]
* [[Letter 413]] – 14/26 September 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3459]]''' – 2/14 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]]
* '''[[Letter 421]]''' – 27 November/9 December or 28 November/10 December 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3566]] – 11/23 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 422]] – 5/17 December 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3636]]''' – 7/19 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 423]]''' – 6/18 or 7/19 December 1875, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3643]]''' – 13/25 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3647]]''' – 22 August/3 September 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3720]]''' 3/15 November 1888, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3758]]''' 6/18 January 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3761]]''' 9/21 January 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4078]] – 26 March/7 April 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4101]]''' – 1/13 May 1890, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4184]]''' – 22 July/3 August 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4186]] – 1/13 August 1890, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4198]]''' 18/30 August 1890, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 4214]] – 9/21 September 1890, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 4296]]''' – 11/23 January 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4324]]''' – 12/24 February 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4346]] – 13/25 March 1891, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 4363]] – 3/15 April 1891, from [[Rouen]]
* '''[[Letter 4366a]]''' – 6/18 April 1891, from [[Rouen]]
* '''[[Letter 4613]]''' – 3/15 February 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4617]]''' – 13/25 February 1892, from [[Moscow]]


====1876====
21 letters from Vsevolozhsky to the composer, dating from 1883 to 1892, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 473–493).
* '''[[Letter 437]]''' – 11/23 January 1876, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 438]]''' – 12/24 January 1876, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 439]]''' – 20 January/1 February 1876, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 442]]''' – 28 January/9 February 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 445]]''' – 10/22 February–11/23 February 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 450]] – 3/15 March 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 457]] – 24 March/5 April 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 462]] – 29 April/11 May 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 465]] – 19/31 May 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 468]] – 2/14 June 1876, from [[Kiev]]
* '''[[Letter 476]]''' – 23 June/5 July 1876, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 478]] – 2/14 July 1876, from [[Vichy]]
* [[Letter 481]] – 3/15 July 1876, from [[Vichy]]
* [[Letter 482]] – 4/16 July 1876, from [[Vichy]]
* [[Letter 484]] – 6/18 July 1876, from [[Vichy]]
* [[Letter 486]] – 7/19 July 1876, from [[Vichy]]
* [[Letter 488]] – 27 July/8 August 1876, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 490]] – 2/14 August 1876, from [[Bayreuth]]
* [[Letter 491]] – 8/20 August 1876, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 492]] – 19/31 August 1876, from [[Verbovka]]
* '''[[Letter 494]]''' – 10/22 September 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 501]]''' – 28 September/10 October 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 505]] – 14/26 October 1876, from [[Moscow]]


====1877====
==Bibliography==
* '''[[Letter 533]]''' – 2/14 January–3/15 January 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* {{bib|1933/27}} (1933)
* '''[[Letter 538]]''' – 19/31 January 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* {{bib|1935/11}} (1935)
* '''[[Letter 559]]''' – 4/16 May 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* {{bib|1951/30}} (1951)
* [[Letter 565]] – 18/30 May 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* {{bib|1974/47}} (1974)
* '''[[Letter 568]]''' – 23 May/4 June 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* {{bib|1990/80}} (1990)
* [[Letter 570]] – 9/21 June 1877, from [[Glebovo]]
* {{bib|1995/43}} (1995)
* [[Letter 577]] – 5/17 July 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* {{bib|1999/103}} (1999)
* '''[[Letter 580]]''' – 8/20 July 1877, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* Fedosova, Ye. {{und|The Grandee of the Russian Ballet}} (in the programme booklet for the Kirov Opera and Ballet Season at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, [[London]], June–July 2000)
* [[Letter 599]] – 9/21 September 1877, from [[Kiev]]
* Manulkina, P. {{und|Visions of the Past: The Sleeping Beauty on the Threshold of Neoclassicism}} (in the programme booklet for the Kirov Opera and Ballet Season at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, [[London]], June–July 2000)
* [[Letter 609]] – 1/13 October 1877, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* {{bib|2003/73}} (2003)
* [[Letter 610]] – 5/17 October 1877, from [[Berlin]]
* {{bib|2013/44}} (2013)
* [[Letter 613]] – 9/21 October 1877, from [[Geneva]]
* [[Letter 621]] – 17/29 October 1877, from [[Clarens]]
* [[Letter 631]] – 27 October/8 November 1877, from [[Clarens]]
* [[Letter 637]] – 2/14 December–3/15 December 1877, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 643]] – 10/22 November 1877, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 651a]]''' – 20 November/1 December 1877, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 662]] – 27 November/9 December 1877, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 676]] – 4/16 December 1877, from [[Venice]]
* '''[[Letter 680]]''' – 6/18 December 1877, from [[Venice]]
* '''[[Letter 685]]''' – 10/22 December 1877, from [[Venice]]


====1878====
==External Links==
* [[Letter 830]] – 17/29 May 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* [[wikipedia:Ivan_Vsevolozhsky|Wikipedia]]
* [[Letter 833]] – 18/30 May–20 May/1 June 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* {{viaf|21055094}}
* [[Letter 838]] – 22 May/3 June 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 842]] – 25 May/6 June 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 844]] – 27 May/8 June 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 847]] – 30 May/11 June 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 851]] – 6/18 June 1878, from [[Nizy]]
* [[Letter 852]] – 9/21 June 1878, from [[Nizy]]
* [[Letter 855]] – 12/24 June 1878, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 856]] – 15/27 June 1878, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 860]] – 18/30 June 1878, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 867]] – 4/16 July 1878, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 869]] – 7/19 July 1878, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 894]] – 12/24 August 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 898]] – 16/28 August 1878, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 900]] – 21 August/2 September 1878, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 903]] – 28 August/9 September 1878, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 904]] – 29 August/10 September 1878, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 907]] – 5/17 September 1878, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 911]] – 11/23 September 1878, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 916]]''' – 16/28 September 1878, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 920]] – 23 September/5 October 1878, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 960]] – 6/18 November 1878, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 966]]''' – 13/25 November 1878, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 969]]''' – 18/30 November 1878, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 972]] – 21 November/3 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 986]] – 27 November/9 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 993]] – 30 November/12 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 1004]] – 4/16 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 1008]] – 6/18 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 1013]] – 10/22 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 1019]] – 12/24 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 1023]] – 15/27 December 1878, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 1027]] – 18/30 December 1878, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1035]]''' – 22 December 1878/3 January 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1040]]''' – 26 December 1878/7 January 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1043]]''' – 29 December 1878/10 January 1879, from [[Dijon]]
* '''[[Letter 1047]]''' – 30 December 1878/11 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
 
====1879====
* '''[[Letter 1051]]''' – 2/14 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1059]]''' – 6/18 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1066]]''' – 10/22 January–11/23 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1071]]''' – 17/29 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1077]]''' – 20 January/1 February 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1081]]''' – 24 January/5 February 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1085]]''' – 27 January/8 February 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1090]]''' – 31 January/12 February 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1095]]''' – 4/16 February 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1100]]''' – 7/19 February 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1104]]''' – 10/22 February 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1107]]''' – 13/25 February 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1112]]''' – 17 February/1 March 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1118]]''' – 22 February/6 March 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1124]]''' – 26 February/10 March 1879, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1172]] – 5/17 May 1879, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 1176]] – 9/21 May 1879, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 1179]] – 14/26 May 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1186]] – 20 May 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1191]] – 26 May/7 June 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1196]] – 2/14 June 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1201]] – 9/21 June 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1207]] – 15/27 June 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1209]] – 17/29 June 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1216]] – 24 June/6 July 1879, from [[Nizy]]
* [[Letter 1225]] – 5/17 July 1879, from [[Nizy]]
* [[Letter 1228]] – 9/21 July 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1231]] – 15/27 July 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1235]] – 21 July/2 August 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1238]] – 28 July/9 August 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1241]] – 7/19 August 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1246]] – 9/21 August 1879, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1256]] – 15/27 August 1879, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1259]] – 21 August/2 September 1879, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1262]] – 22 August/3 September 1879, from [[Simaki]]
* '''[[Letter 1270]]''' – 26 August/7 September 1879, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1281]] – 31 August/12 September 1879, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1284]] – 4/16 September 1879, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1287]] – 6/18 September 1879, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 1290]]''' – 11/23 September 1879, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1306]] – 4/16 October 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1310]] – 10/22 October 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1317]] – 20 October/1 November 1879, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 1336]]''' – 14/26 November 1879, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1340]] – 16/28 November 1879, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1342]] – 18/30 November 1879, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1348]] – 21 November/3 December 1879, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1359]] – 28 November/10 December 1879, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1362]] – 30 November/12 December 1879, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 1370]]''' – 7/19 December 1879, from [[Turin]]
 
====1880====
* '''[[Letter 1433]]''' – 26 February/9 March 1880, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1435]]''' – 28 February/11 March 1880, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1437]] – 1/13 March 1880, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1438]] – 2/14 March 1880, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1440]] – 4/16 March 1880, from [[Berlin]]
* [[Letter 1441]] – 5/17 March 1880, from [[Berlin]]
* [[Letter 1443]] – 8/20 March 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1445]] – 11/23 March 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1450]] – 14/26 March 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1452]] – 16/28 March 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1454]] – 19/31 March 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1457]] – 22 March/3 April 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1458]] – 27 March/8 April 1880, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 1468]] – 3/15 April 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1472]] – 7/19 April 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 1477]]''' – 16/28 April 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1482]] – 22 April/4 May 1880 (?), from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1515]] – 22 June/4 July 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1520]] – 28 June/10 July 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1526]] – 4/16 July 1880, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 1528]] – 7/19 July 1880, from [[Brailov]]
* [[Letter 1532]] – 8/20 July–10/22 July 1880, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1536]] – 13/25 July 1880, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1541]] – 18/30 July–19/31 July 1880, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1548]] – 22 July/3 August–24 July/5 August 1880, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1551]] – 26 July/7 August 1880, from [[Simaki]]
* [[Letter 1553]] – 31 July/12 August–2/14 August 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1558]] – 7/19 August 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1560]] – 9/21 August 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1564]] – 15/27 August 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1567]] – 1931 August 1880, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1629]] – 17/29 November–18/30 November 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1637]] – 8/20 December 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1644]] – 12/24 December 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1647]] – 14/26 December 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1651]] – 18/30 December–19/31 December 1880, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 1652]]''' – 21 December 1880/2 January 1881, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 1657]]''' – 26 December 1880/7 January 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
 
====1881====
* '''[[Letter 1661]]''' – 2/14 January 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 1683]]''' – 16/28 February 1881, from [[Vienna]]
* '''[[Letter 1686]]''' – 19 February/3 March 1881, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 1689]]''' – 20 February/4 March 1881, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1693]]''' – 22 February/6 March 1881, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1695]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1881, from [[Rome]]
* '''[[Letter 1697]]''' – 26 February/10 March–27 February/11 March 1881, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 1701]] – 3/15 March 1881, from [[Naples]]
* [[Letter 1707]] – 10/22 March 1881, from [[Nice]]
* [[Letter 1709]] – 13/25 March 1881, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1716]] – 17/29 March 1881, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 1734]] – 30 April/12 May 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1742]] – 7/19 May 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1748]] – 11/23 May 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1753]] – 16/28 May 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1764]] – 22 May/3 June 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1765]] – 24 May/5 June 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1769]] – 31 May/12 June 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1778]] – 5/17 June–7/19 June 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1785]] – 14/26 June 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1790]] – 21 June/3 July 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1792]] – 22 June/4 July 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1797]] – 28 June/10 July 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1805]] – 5/17 July 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1809]] – 11/23 July 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1815]] – 19/31 July 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1818]] – 22 July/3 August 1881, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 1819]] – 26 July/7 August 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1823]] – 2/14 August 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1824]] – 3/15 August 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1828]] – 9/21 August 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1834]] – 14/26 August 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1838]] – 23 August/4 September 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1843]] – 29 August/10 September–30 August/11 September 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1852]] – 4/16 September 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1858]] – 18/30 September 1881, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1869]] – 12/24 October 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1872]] – 17/29 October 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1879]] – 25 October/6 November 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1881]] – 28 October/9 November 1881, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 1886]] – 6/18 November 1881, from [[Kiev]]
====1882====
* '''[[Letter 1960]]''' – 10/22 February 1882, from [[Naples]]
* '''[[Letter 1964]]''' – 11/23 February 1882, from [[Naples]]
* [[Letter 1994]] – 22 March/3 April 1882, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 1995]] – 24 March/5 April 1882, from [[Warsaw]]
* [[Letter 1996]] – 28 March/9 April 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 1997]] – 29 March/10 April 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2000]] – 1/13 April 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2002]] – 4/16 April 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2006]] – 8/20 April–9/21 April 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2018]] – 10/22 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2021]] – 15/27 May 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2026]] – 19/31 May–21 May/2 June 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2031]] – 27 May/8 June 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2033]] – 29 May/10 June 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2077]] – 15/27 August–16/28 August 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2081]] – 20 August/1 September 1882, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 2085]] – 23 August/4 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2090]] – 30 August/11 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2103]] – 10/22 September–13/25 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2109]] – 17/29 September 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2112]] – 20 September/2 October 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2118]] – 28 September/10 October 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2123]] – 1/13 October–4/16 October 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2132]] – 11/23 October 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2137]] – 18/30 October 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2145]] – 25 October/6 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2146a]]''' – between 27 October/8 November and 29 October/10 November 1882 (?), from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2152]] – 1/13 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2156]] – 8/20 November 1882, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2163]] – 18/30 November 1882, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 2164]] – 21 November/3 December 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2168]] – 2/14 December 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2171]] – 8/20 December 1882, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2183]]''' – 30 December 1882/11 January 1883, from [[Berlin]]
 
====1883====
* '''[[Letter 2187]]''' – 3/15 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2192]]''' – 8/20 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2256]] – 7/19 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2258]] – 9/21 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2260]] – 11/23 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2261]] – 13/25 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2262]] – 14/26 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2266]] – 16/28 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2268]] – 18/30 April 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2270]] – 20 April/2 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2272]] – 22 April/4 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2275]] – 25 April/7 May–26 April/8 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2277]] – 27 April/9 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2283]] – 1/13 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2284]] – 2/14 May–3/15 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2286]] – 5/17 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2288]] – 7/19 May 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2299]] – 8/20 June–9/21 June 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2303]] – 20 June/1 August 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2308]] – 3/15 July–4/16 July 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2310]] – 14/26 July 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2314]] – 18/30 July 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2316]] – 26 July/7 August 1883, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2321]] – 1/13 August 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2326]] – 10/22 August 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2328]] – 12/24 August 1883, from [[Podushkino]]
* [[Letter 2338]] – 4/16 September 1883, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 2341]] – 6/18 September 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2344]] – 10/22 September–12/24 September 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2348]] – 19 September/1 October 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2354]] – 26 September/8 October 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2357]] – 3/15 October 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2361]] – 8/20 October 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2363]] – 10/22 October 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2370]] – 17/29 October 1883, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 2374]] – 20 October/1 November–24 October/5 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2379]] – 31 October/12 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2386]] – 8/20 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2391]] – 14/26 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
====1884====
* '''[[Letter 2412]]''' – 16/28 January 1884, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2414]]''' – 20 January/1 February 1884, from [[Moscow]]
* ''' [[Letter 2416]]''' – 24 January/5 February 1884, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2428]]''' – 7/19 February 1884, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 2434]]''' – 10/22 February 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2436]]''' – 13/25 February 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2440]]''' – 18 February/1 March–19 February/2 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2444]]''' – 23 February/6 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2457]] – 24 March/5 April–25 March/6 April 1884, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2460]] – 1/13 April 1884, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2462]] – 7/19 April 1884, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2464]] – 12/24 April 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2468]] – 18/30 April 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2471]] – 22 April/4 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2475]] – 25 April/7 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2481]] – 2/14 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2491]] – 17/29 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2497]] – 28 May/9 June 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2500]] – 2/14 June 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2521]] – 23 July/4 August 1884, from [[Skabeyevo]]
* [[Letter 2523]] – 26 July/7 August 1884, from [[Skabeyevo]]
* [[Letter 2526]] – 1/13 August 1884, from [[Skabeyevo]]
* [[Letter 2527]] – 6/18 August 1884, from [[Skabeyevo]]
* [[Letter 2538]] – 1/13 September 1884, from [[Skabeyevo]]
* [[Letter 2542]] – 4/16 September 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* [[Letter 2544]] – 7/19 September–11/23 September 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* [[Letter 2554]] – 20 September/2 October 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* [[Letter 2558]] – 25 September/7 October 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* [[Letter 2584]] – 3/15 November 1884, from [[Berlin]]
* [[Letter 2586]] – 7/19 November 1884, from [[Munich]]
* [[Letter 2592]] – 12/24 November 1884, from [[Davos]]
* [[Letter 2599]] – 18/30 November 1884, from [[Zürich]]
* [[Letter 2601]] – 21 November/3 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2606]] – 24 November/6 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2610]] – 30 November/12 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2617]] – 3/15 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2623]] – 18/30 December 1884, from [[Moscow]]
====1885====
* '''[[Letter 2636]]''' – 1/13 January 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2637]]''' – 2/14 January 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2644]]''' – 10/22 January or 12/24 January 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2651]]''' – 29 January/10 February 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2655]]''' – 14/26 February 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2658]]''' – 17 February/1 March–19 February/3 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
*''' [[Letter 2662]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2666]] – 4/16 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2671]] – 13/25 March 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2673]] – 15/27 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2680]] – 8/20 April 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2688]] – 15/27 April 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2694]] – 26 April/8 May 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2699]] – 28 April/10 May 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2761]] – 3/15 September 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2767]] – 13/25 September 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2771]] – 20 September/2 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2779]] – 27 September/9 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2784]] – 6/18 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2788]] – 9/21 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2797]] – 17/29 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2798]] – 24 October/5 November 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2803]] – 30 October/11 November 1885, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2809]] – 17/29 November 1885, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 2813]] – 19 November/1 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2818]] – 21 November/3 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2823]] – 27 November/9 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2832]] – 9/21 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2836]]''' – 20 December 1885/1 January 1886, from [[Moscow]]
 
====1886====
* '''[[Letter 2860]]''' – 19/31 January 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2871]]''' – 28 January/9 February 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2874]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2882]]''' – 6/18 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2885]]''' – 13/25 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2894]]''' – 19 February/3 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2898]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2900a]]''' – 27 February/11 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2903]]''' – 28 February/12 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2919]] – 29 March/10 April 1886, from [[Vladikavkaz]]
* [[Letter 2921]] – 1/13 April 1886, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 2929]] – 9/21 April 1886, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 2933]] – 17/29 April 1886, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 2938]] – 23 April/5 May 1886, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 2940]] – 28 April/10 May 1886, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 2943]] – 1/13 May–3/15 May 1886, from the Black Sea
* [[Letter 2948]] – 6/18 May–11/23 May 1886, between the Adriatic Sea and [[Marseilles]]
* '''[[Letter 2950]]''' – 12/24 May 1886, from [[Marseilles]]
* [[Letter 2953]] – 16/28 May–18/30 May 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2957]] – 25 May/6 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2959]] – 27 May/8 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2962]] – 1/13 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2971]] – 11/23 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2973]] – 16/28 June 1886, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 2979]] – 19 June/1 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2985]] – 25 June/7 July–26 June/8 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2993]] – 4/16 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3006]] – 18/30 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3020]] – 31 July/12 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3024]] – 6/18 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3041]] – 3/15 September 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3044]] – 9/21 September 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3050]] – 18/30 September 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3062]] – 29 September/11 October 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3069]] – 7/19 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3073]] – 10/22 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3103]] – 14/26 November 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3108]] – 19 November/1 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3113]] – 26 November/8 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3115]] – 4/16 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3122]] – 15/27 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3139b]] – 1886 (?)
 
====1887====
* '''[[Letter 3156]]''' – 22 January/3 February 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3162]]''' – 26 January/7 February 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3168]]''' – 29 January/10 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3172]]''' – 4/16 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3181]]''' – 12/24 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3201]] – 15/27 March 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3207]] – 23 March/4 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3218]] – 4/16 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3222]] – 10/22 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3232]]''' – 20 April/2 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3242]] – 26 April/8 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3247]] – 29 April/11 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3248]]''' – 1/13 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3261]]''' – 20 May/1 June 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3285]] – 8/20 July–9/21 July 1887, from the Black Sea
* [[Letter 3287]] – 16/28 July 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3298]] – 25 July/6 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3301]] – 27 July/8 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3304]] – 29 July/10 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3307]] – 30 July/11 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3309]] – 1/13 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3319]]''' – 14/26 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3321]] – 16/28 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3322]]''' – 16/28 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3323]]''' – 17/29 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3325]] – 19/31 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3326]] – 20 August/1 September 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3328]]''' – 23 August/4 September 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* [[Letter 3330]] – 29 August/10 September 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3331]]''' – 30 August/11 September 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3340]]''' – 3/15 September 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3352]]''' – 14/26 September 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3381]]''' – 10/22 October 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 3400]] – 15/27 November 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3413]]''' – 19 November/1 December 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3426]]''' – 1/13 December 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3438]] – 18/30 December 1887, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3440]]''' – 21 December 1887/2 January 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3453]]''' – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888–6/18 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]] and [[Hamburg]]
 
====1888====
* '''[[Letter 3464]]''' – 9/21 January 1888, from [[Hamburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3468]]''' – 10/22 January 1888, from [[Hamburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3472]]''' – 12/24 January–15/27 January 1888, from [[Magdeburg]] and [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3478]]''' – 20 January/1 February 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3484]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1888, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3490]]''' – 2/14 February 1888, from [[Prague]]
* '''[[Letter 3496]]''' – 10/22 February 1888, from [[Prague]]
* '''[[Letter 3502]]''' – 22 February/5 March 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3507]]''' – 25 February/8 March 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3511]]''' – 1/13 March 1888, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3517]]''' – 8/20 March 1888, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 3520]]''' – 11/23 March 1888, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 3523]]''' – 12/24 March 1888, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 3531]]''' – 15/27 March 1888, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 3534]] – 22 March/3 April 1888, from [[Taganrog]]
* [[Letter 3539]] – 28 March/9 April 1888, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 3544]]''' – 7/19 April 1888, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 3568]] – 15/27 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3573]]''' – 19/31 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3585]] – 6/18 June 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3597]] – 17/29 June 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3602]] – 26 June/8 July 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3610]] – 7/19 July 1888, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3616]]''' – 12/24 July 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3622]]''' – 18/30 July 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3627]]''' – 29 July/10 August 1888, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 3650]] – 22 August/3 September 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3654]]''' – 4/16 September 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3661]] – 7/19 September 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3672]]''' – 19 September/1 October 1888, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3679]]''' – 27 September/9 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3686]]''' – 4/16 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3695]]''' – 14/26 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3698]]''' – 16/28 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
 
====1889====
* '''[[Letter 3764]]''' – 9/21 January 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3765]]''' – 9/21 January 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3778]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1889, from [[Cologne]]
* '''[[Letter 3782]]''' – 2/14 February 1889, from [[Frankfurt]]
* '''[[Letter 3790]]''' – 8/20 February–9/21 February 1889, from [[Dresden]]
* '''[[Letter 3795]]''' – 15/27 February 1889, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 3812]]''' – 28 February/12 March 1889, from [[Hamburg]]
* [[Letter 3818]] – 5/17 March 1889, from [[Hannover]]
* [[Letter 3823]] – 10/22 March 1889, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 3825]] – 21 March/2 April 1889, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 3828]]''' – 24 March/5 April 1889, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 3829]] – 25 March/6 April 1889, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 3835]] – 8/20 April 1889, from [[Constantinople]]
* [[Letter 3839]] – 15/27 April 1889, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 3845]] – 26 April/8 May 1889, from [[Tiflis]]
* '''[[Letter 3869]]''' – 2/14 June 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3927]] – 31 August/12 September 1889, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 3937]] – 13/25 September 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3946]]''' – 1/13 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3961]] – 16/28 October 1889, from [[Moscow]]
 
====1890====
* '''[[Letter 4006]]''' – 16/28 January 1890, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 4009]]''' – 18/30 January 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4012]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4013]]''' – 25 January/6 February 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4022]]''' – 2/14 February 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4027]]''' – 6/18 February 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4034]]''' – 13/25 February 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4044]]''' – 20 February/4 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4045]]''' – 21 February/5 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4049]]''' – 24 February/8 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4051]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4053]]''' – 27 February/11 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4055]]''' – 2/14 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4056]] – 3/15 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4058]] – 3/15 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4060]]''' – 5/17 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4067]] – 9/21 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4070]]''' – 14/26 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4071]]''' – 18/30 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4072]] – 19/31 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
* '''[[Letter 4077]]''' – 23 March/4 April 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4079]] – 26 March/7 April 1890, from [[Florence]]
* [[Letter 4083]] – 27 March/8 April 1890, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 4089]] – 3/15 April 1890, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 4095]] – 7/19 April 1890, from [[Rome]]
* [[Letter 4110]] – 5/17 May 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4112]] – 14/26 May 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4117]]''' – 22 May/3 June 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4145]] – 12/24 June 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4149]] – 15/27 June 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4155]] – 21 June/3 July 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4159]] – 30 June/12 July 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4166]] – 4/16 July 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4169]] – 10/22 July 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4189]]''' – 2/14 August 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4213]] – 4/16 September 1890, from [[Kharkov]]
* [[Letter 4218]] – 15/27 September 1890, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 4231]] – 10/22 October 1890, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 4236]] – 16/28 October 1890, from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 4248]] – 2/14 November 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4253]]''' – 14/26 November 1890, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4264]] – 3/15 December 1890, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4273]] – 14/26 December 1890, from [[Kiev]]
* '''[[Letter 4275]]''' – 21 December 1890/2 January 1891, from [[Kiev]]
 
====1891====
* '''[[Letter 4283]]''' – 1/13 January 1891, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 4291]]''' – 6/18 January 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4300]]''' – 11/23 January 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4339]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4364]] – 3/15 April 1891, from [[Rouen]]
* '''[[Letter 4365]]''' – 5/17 April 1891, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4367]]''' – 6/18 April–15/27 April 1891, from the Atlantic Ocean and [[New York]]
* '''[[Letter 4376]]''' – 27 April/9 May 1891, from [[New York]]
* '''[[Letter 4378]]''' – 29 April/11 May 1891, from [[New York]]
* [[Letter 4379]] – 29 April/11 May 1891, from Utica, on the way to [[Niagara Falls]]
* [[Letter 4403]] – 11/23 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4413]]''' – 17/29 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4425]]''' – 25 June/7 July 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4427]]''' – 26 June/8 July 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4439a]]''' – 8/20 July 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4448]] – 25 July/6 August 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4452]] – 7/19 August 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4469]] – 5/17 September 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4502]]''' – 7/19 October 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4507]]''' – 11/23 October 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4517]] – 20 October/1 November 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4519]] – 22 October/3 November 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4528]] – 27 October/8 November 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4530]] – 29 October/10 November 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4553]]''' – 14/26 November 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4563]]''' – 22 November/4 December 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4574]] – 14/26 December 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4578]]''' – 16/28 December 1891, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4589b]] – 1891 or 1892 (?)
 
====1892====
* '''[[Letter 4590]]''' – 3/15 January 1892, from [[Warsaw]]
* '''[[Letter 4597]]''' – 10/22 January 1892, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4610]]''' – 31 January/12 February 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4623]]''' – 19 February/2 March 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4625]]''' – 20 February/3 March 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4644]] – 17/29 March 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4658]] – 6/18 April 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4664]]''' – 14/26 April 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4668]] – 20 April/2 May 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4678]] – 2/14 May 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4695]] – 20 May/1 June 1892, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 4701]] – 31 May/12 June 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 4706]] – 11/23 June 1892, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 4710]] – 19 June/1 July 1892, from [[Vichy]]
* '''[[Letter 4717]]''' – 29 June/11 July 1892, from [[Vichy]]
* [[Letter 4734]] – 17/29 July 1892, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4742]]''' – 30 July/11 August 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 4744]] – 2/14 August 1892, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4755]]''' – 14/26 August 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4767]]''' – 7/19 September–10/22 September 1892, from [[Vienna]] and [[Itter]]
* '''[[Letter 4772]]''' – 15/27 September 1892, from [[Itter]]
* '''[[Letter 4775]]''' – 22 September/4 October 1892, from [[Itter]]
* '''[[Letter 4784]]''' – 12/24 October 1892, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4826]]''' – 11/23 December 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4828]]''' – 14/26 December 1892, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 4833]]''' – 19/31 December 1892, from [[Basel]]
* '''[[Letter 4836]]''' – 24 December 1892/5 January 1893, from [[Paris]]
 
====1893====
* '''[[Letter 4844]]''' – 4/16 January 1893, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4852]]''' – 28 January/9 February 1893, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 4858]]''' – 5/17 February 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4878]]''' – 28 February/12 March 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4888]]''' – 8/20 March 1893, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4897]]''' – 19/31 March 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4899]]''' – 21 March/2 April 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4919]]''' – 17/29 April 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4921]]''' – 22 April/4 May–23 April/5 May 1893, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4934]]''' – 15/27 May 1893, from [[Berlin]]
* '''[[Letter 4940]]''' – 22 May/3 June 1893, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 4945]]''' – 29 May/10 June 1893, from [[London]]
* '''[[Letter 4956]]''' – 6/18 June 1893, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 4961]]''' – 23 June/5 July 1893, from [[Grankino]]
* [[Letter 4984]] – 22 July/3 August 1893, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 4991]] – 26 July/7 August 1893, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 5000]] – 3/15 August 1893, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 5006]] – 11/23 August 1893, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 5011]] – 13/25 August 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 5012]]''' – 14/26 August 1893, from [[Klin]]
* [[Letter 5018]] – 20 August/1 September 1893, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 5028]]''' – 9/21 September 1893, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 5029]]''' – 12/24 September 1893, from [[Mikhaylovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 5031]]''' – 17/29 September 1893, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 5042]] – 24 September/6 October 1893, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 5045]] – 25 September/7 October 1893, from [[Klin]]
 
====Unknown====
* [[Letter 5065a]] – after 1877 (?)
 
==Letters from Modest Tchaikovsky==
618 letters from [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] to the composer, dating from 1866 to 1893, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 4641, 4659, 5027–5641, and 6672) <ref name="note1"/>.


==Notes and References==
==Notes and References==
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<references>
<ref name="note1">Including 12 letters written jointly with his father [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]], brother [[Anatoly]] or [[Nikolay Konradi]].</ref>
<ref name="note1">[[Letter 3983]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 11/23 December 1889.</ref>
</references>
</references>
[[Category:People|Vsevolozhsky, Ivan]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Vsevolozhsky, Ivan]]
[[Category:Dedicatees|Vsevolozhsky, Ivan]]
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Ivan Vsevolozhsky (1835-1909)

Russian diplomat, theatre director, and designer (b. 2/14 April 1835; d. 10/23 November 1909 in Saint Petersburg), born Prince Ivan Aleksandrovich Vsevolozhsky (Иван Александрович Всеволожский).

Biography

After graduating from Saint Petersburg University, Vsevolozhsky worked in the Asian Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for some years before being sent on diplomatic postings to The Hague and Paris. In 1881, he was appointed Director of Imperial Theatres for Moscow, with responsibility for the city's two main venues (the Bolshoi and Maly Theatres). This was a post which suited perfectly Vsevolozhsky's abilities and interests, as he had always been an enthusiast of the theatre, opera, and ballet. He was also an amateur playwright with at least two plays to his name.

Vsevolozhsky was convinced that the Imperial Theatres should not just be run as a commercial enterprise or cater solely to the court, but that they should serve a wider educational purpose in Russian society. Thus, in 1882 he wrote a report to the Minister of the Court, emphasizing that the theatre provided "a means by which the illusions of the stage allow the viewer to experience in a few hours those lifetime experiences for which one would ordinarily have to sacrifice one's childhood. In a word, the theatre is a universal school for people of all ages, callings, and incomes". His ambitious reform proposals were accepted by Alexander III, and so he was able to increase the salaries and royalties paid to artists, have a new rehearsal hall built for the ballet school, and initiate the publication of the Yearbook of the Imperial Theatres (Ежегодник императорских театров) in 1892.

Tchaikovsky and Vsevolozhsky

Although in music Vsevolozhsky's preferences were clearly with Italian opera and he generally disliked the younger generation of Russian composers, the crucial exception was Tchaikovsky, whom he thought very highly of. Already in 1885 he had suggested to the composer the idea of writing an opera The Captain's Daughter based on Pushkin's historical novel, but Tchaikovsky had proved reluctant to tackle this subject. Around 1885, Vsevolozhsky also first floated the idea of an opera based on Pushkin's The Queen of Spades, though not yet involving Tchaikovsky.

In 1886, Vsevolozhsky was appointed Director of Imperial Theatres for Saint Petersburg — a post he would occupy until 1899. There he was in charge of the Mariinsky, Aleksandrinsky, and Mikhaylovsky Theatres, and it was under his supervision that the Imperial Ballet and Opera moved from their previous location in the Bolshoi Kamennyi (Great Stone) Theatre to the Mariinsky in 1886. In that year he also tried to persuade Tchaikovsky to write a ballet Undina, but nothing came of this project either.

In 1888, however, Vsevolozhsky commissioned a new ballet from Tchaikovsky — The Sleeping Beauty — for which he provided a detailed scenario, as well as suggestions as to how the epoch of Louis XIV was to be reproduced in the music and on the stage. This time the composer was enthusiastic about the subject and readily set to work on the assignment. Vsevolozhsky arranged the initial meeting between Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa, and throughout their fruitful collaboration on this first joint project he acted as an intermediary between them. A fine draughtsman, Vsevolozhsky also produced sketches of the costumes for the ballet's fairy-tale figures and supervised the work of the set designers, always striving for historical authenticity. The successful premiere of The Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theatre on 3/15 January 1890 vindicated his creative vision, and Yelena Fedosova has rightly emphasized that Vsevolozhsky anticipated by two decades the idea commonly attributed to Sergey Diaghilev (1872–1929) of "uniting composer, ballet master, and visual artist in the creation of a work". Tchaikovsky acknowledged Vsevolozhsky's vital contribution and support by dedicating The Sleeping Beauty to him.

Vsevolozhsky was also responsible for commissioning The Nutcracker in 1890 (for which he also provided the libretto and designed the costumes), as well as the opera Iolanta. After Tchaikovsky's death he continued the model successfully established with The Sleeping Beauty by bringing together Petipa and Aleksandr Glazunov to work on Raymonda, which was premiered in 1898. All in all, during his directorship of the Imperial Theatres (1881–99), Vsevolozhsky designed the costumes for some 25 ballets and operas.

In 1899, he was appointed Director of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, and he held this post until his death.

Dedications

Tchaikovsky dedicated his ballet The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1888–89), to Ivan Vsevolozhsky. "... don't forget to put this on the title page in big letters", the composer told Jurgenson. "He is terribly proud of my dedication" [1].

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

30 letters from Tchaikovsky to Ivan Vsevolozshky have survived, dating from 1883 to 1892, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:

21 letters from Vsevolozhsky to the composer, dating from 1883 to 1892, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 473–493).

Bibliography

External Links

Notes and References

  1. Letter 3983 to Pyotr Jurgenson, 11/23 December 1889.