Vladimir Bibikov

Russian civil servant (b. 1834), born Vladimir Illarionovich Bibikov (Вдадимир Илларионович Бибиков).

The son of Illarion Mikhaylovich Bibikov (1792–1860) and his wife Yekaterina Ivanovna (b. Muravyeva-Apostol, 1795–1861), who Tchaikovsky became acquainted with in the 1860s. In 1892, the composer wrote to Bibikov asking him to assist Olga Nápravník, wife of the composer Eduard Nápravník, regarding an unspecified matter.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Vladimir Bibikov has survived, dating from 1892, and has been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 4630 – 28 February/11 March 1892, from Saint Petersburg