Aleksandr Adlerberg
Tchaikovsky Research
Russian army officer and civil servant (b. 1/13 May 1818 in Moscow; d. 10/22 September 1888 in Munich), as Aleksandr Vladimirovich Adlerberg (Александр Владимирович Адлерберг).
Aleksandr was the eldest son of Count Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg (1790–1884) and his wife Mariya Vasilyevna (b. Nelidova; 1800–1870). After attaining the rank of Adjutant General in 1855, and Infantry General in 1869, he became a minister at the Russian Imperial Court from 1870 to 1881, where he was a close adviser to Tsar Alexander II.
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
One letter from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandr Adlerberg has survived, and has been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 3082a — October or November 1886 (?), from Saint Petersburg
