Yakov Gartung

Yakov Gartung (1841–1900)

Russian chemical engineer (b. 15/27 April 1841; d. 22 May/4 June 1900), born Yakov Fyodorovich Gartung (Яков Фёдорович Гартунг); also known outside Russia as Jacob Hartung.

Gartung was the uncle by marriage to Tchaikovsky's sister-in-law Praskovya.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Yakov Gartung have survived, dating from 1884 and 1886, both of which have been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 2418a – 2/14 or 3/15 February 1884 (?), from Moscow
• Letter 3119 – 11/23 December 1886, from Moscow