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	<ref name="note3">Anastasiya Petrovna Petrova (1824–1893) had joined the Tchaikovsky family in [[Alapayevsk]] on 24 November/6 December 1849 as a governess, specifically with the task of preparing Pyotr for the School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]]. After spending some three years with the Tchaikovskys she worked as a governess in various other families, but returned to her first employer in 1859, when she took charge of the twins, [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest]].</ref>		<ref name="note3">Anastasiya Petrovna Petrova (1824–1893) had joined the Tchaikovsky family in [[Alapayevsk]] on 24 November/6 December 1849 as a governess, specifically with the task of preparing Pyotr for the School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]]. After spending some three years with the Tchaikovskys she worked as a governess in various other families, but returned to her first employer in 1859, when she took charge of the twins, [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest]].</ref>
	<ref name="note4">The composer's cousin Lidiya Vladimirovna Tchaikovskaya (married name Olkhovskaya; 1836-1892) was the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s elder brother, [[Vladimir Tchaikovsky\|Vladimir]]. She lost her mother when she was quite little, in 1842, and was effectively adopted by [[Ilya]] and his wife [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya\|Aleksandra]].</ref>		<ref name="note4">The composer's cousin Lidiya Vladimirovna Tchaikovskaya (married name Olkhovskaya; 1836-1892) was the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s elder brother, [[Vladimir Tchaikovsky\|Vladimir]]. She lost her mother when she was quite little, in 1842, and was effectively adopted by [[Ilya]] and his wife [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya\|Aleksandra]].</ref>
	<ref name="note5">Vilgelmina ('Mina') was a younger sister of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya ~~Shobert~~]] (later Litke).</ref>		<ref name="note5">Vilgelmina ('Mina') was a younger sister of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya Schobert]] (later Litke).</ref>
	<ref name="note6">Karolina was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>		<ref name="note6">Karolina was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova\|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>
	<ref name="note7">An unidentified person, possibly a relative of Karolina's who had also been employed in the Tchaikovsky household.</ref>		<ref name="note7">An unidentified person, possibly a relative of Karolina's who had also been employed in the Tchaikovsky household.</ref>
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{{letterhead
|Date=19/31 March 1851
|To=[[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 19–20)
|Publication={{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 21 <br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 24 (dated 18 March)
|Notes=Postscript to a letter from [[Nikolay Tchaikovsky]] dated 19 March 1851
}}

==Text and Translation==
Spelling and punctuation errors in the original text have not been indicated.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{centre|Прекрасные мои Папаша и Мамаша!}}
Я очень был рад что сегодня получил письмо в котором мы нашли много приятного и весёлого. Вы были в Ирбите как вы пишете? Ах я очень помню, как прошлой раз я был в Ирбите с папашей и очень веселился! Мы были в кабинете восковых фигур и в выставке стеклянных вещей. Я все очень хорошо это помню.

На прошедшей недели мы говели и третьего дня исповедывались а вчера причащались.

Очень, очень прошу вас приехать в Июне потому что вы обещали приехать в этом месяце.

Прекрасные и милые мои ангелы я очень скучаю без вас! Занятия мои идут очень хорошо.

Поцелуйте за меня и поблагодарите Сашу и Полю за их милое письмо. Толю и Модю также поцелуйте и всех кузин. Тётю Лизу и Сестрицу также Настасью Петровну и Лидиньку поцелуйте. Мине и Каролине кланяйтесь. Последней скажите, что у меня была Антонида и сказала, что у неё родилась дочка. Прошу вашего благословления. Ваш сын,
{{right|Пётр Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{centre|My wonderful [[Papasha]] and [[Mamasha]]!}}
I was very glad that today I received a letter in which we found so many pleasant and cheerful things. So you were at Irbit <ref name="note1"/>, as you wrote? Ah, I remember very well how I was at Irbit last time with [[papasha]] and how I had so much fun! We went to the waxworks and to an exhibition of glass products. I remember all that very well.

Last week we fasted, the day before yesterday we made confession, and yesterday we received communion.

I urge you very, very much to come in June, because you promised to come in that month.

My wonderful and dear angels, I am very sad without you! My studies are going very well.

Kiss for me and thank [[Sasha]] and [[Polya]] for their sweet letter. Kiss also [[Tolya]] and [[Modya]] and all my cousins. [[Aunt Liza]] and Sestritsa <ref name="note2"/> likewise, and kiss also Nastasya Petrovna <ref name="note3"/> and Lidinka <ref name="note4"/>. Give my regards to Mina <ref name="note5"/> and Karolina <ref name="note6"/>. Tell the latter that Antonida <ref name="note7"/> visited me and told me she had had a daughter. I ask for your blessing. Your son,
{{right|Pyotr Tchaikovsky}}
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Irbit is a small town to the east of the Urals, some 200 km from Yekaterinburg. Throughout the nineteenth century the Irbit fair (held annually in winter) was one of the most important in Russia, attracting tea and fur merchants from Siberia. In March 1850, when he was still in [[Alapayevsk]], young Pyotr had visited the Irbit fair — see [[Letter 7]] to [[Fanny Dürbach]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">'Sestritsa', or 'little sister', was the affectionate name for Tchaikovsky's cousin, Anastasiya Vasilyevna Popova (1807–1894), the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s older sister [[Yevdokiya Popova]].</ref>
<ref name="note3">Anastasiya Petrovna Petrova (1824–1893) had joined the Tchaikovsky family in [[Alapayevsk]] on 24 November/6 December 1849 as a governess, specifically with the task of preparing Pyotr for the School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]]. After spending some three years with the Tchaikovskys she worked as a governess in various other families, but returned to her first employer in 1859, when she took charge of the twins, [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest]].</ref>
<ref name="note4">The composer's cousin Lidiya Vladimirovna Tchaikovskaya (married name Olkhovskaya; 1836-1892) was the daughter of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]'s elder brother, [[Vladimir Tchaikovsky|Vladimir]]. She lost her mother when she was quite little, in 1842, and was effectively adopted by [[Ilya]] and his wife [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya|Aleksandra]].</ref>
<ref name="note5">Vilgelmina ('Mina') was a younger sister of Tchaikovsky's cousin [[Amaliya Shobert]] (later Litke).</ref>
<ref name="note6">Karolina was the nanny in charge of the composer's younger siblings [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] and [[Ippolit]].</ref>
<ref name="note7">An unidentified person, possibly a relative of Karolina's who had also been employed in the Tchaikovsky household.</ref>
</references>
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