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	{{centre\|My friend!}}		{{centre\|My friend!}}
	You're probably angry that it's been so long since I sent you any proofs. They ~~were~~ were held up because of my amendments to "''[[The Maid of Orleans]]''", which are now, thank God, already on the way to ''[[Petersburg]]''. Tomorrow I'm sending you the proofs of the "[[Vespers]]", and the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51\|six pieces]]. Both are very well engraved, but on those pages from the "[[Vespers]]" which have been engraved by ''Noske'' it's very funny that he doesn't recognise the letter {{und2\|u}} and he puts {{und2\|g}} instead — as a consequence of which many words have come out very oddly. I want to do the 2nd proofs, and if you can guarantee that everything I mark in the 2nd proofs will be done, then the third won't be needed at all. I ask you to send me the 2nd proofs ''in book form'', and not as separate sheets.		You're probably angry that it's been so long since I sent you any proofs. They were held up because of my amendments to "''[[The Maid of Orleans]]''", which are now, thank God, already on the way to ''[[Petersburg]]''. Tomorrow I'm sending you the proofs of the "[[Vespers]]", and the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51\|six pieces]]. Both are very well engraved, but on those pages from the "[[Vespers]]" which have been engraved by ''Noske'', it's very funny that he doesn't recognise the letter {{und2\|u}} and he puts {{und2\|g}} instead — as a consequence of which many words have come out very oddly. I want to do the 2nd proofs, and if you can guarantee that everything I mark in the 2nd proofs will be done, then the third won't be needed at all. I ask you to send me the 2nd proofs ''in book form'', and not as separate sheets.

	Please, golubchik, have someone find out why the "''New Time''" bookstore hasn't sent me the first issues of "''The Story of Peter the Great"''? I've had a chit for ages, but the thing itself still isn't there. I received an offer from ''André'' today to give my compositions to him. What a bird this is! And what a strange town. It's only fit for publishing filthy operettas, and not my profoundly ingenious works. I replied to him with a courteous refusal, and referred him to you.		Please, golubchik, have someone find out why the "''New Time''" bookstore hasn't sent me the first issues of "''The Story of Peter the Great"''? I've had a chit for ages, but the thing itself still isn't there. I received an offer from ''André'' today to give my compositions to him. What a bird this is! And what a strange town. It's only fit for publishing filthy operettas, and not my profoundly ingenious works. I replied to him with a courteous refusal, and referred him to you.

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{{letterhead
|Date=12/24 October 1882
|To=[[Pyotr Jurgenson]]
|Place=[[Kamenka]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2394)
|Publication={{bib|1938/40|П. И. Чайковский. Переписка с П. И. Юргенсоном ; том 1}} (1938), p. 263<br/>{{bib|1966/43|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XI}} (1966), p. 248–249
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''Каменка''<br/>12[-го]}}
{{centre|Друг мой!}}
Ты, вероятно, сердишься за то, что так долго не высылаю тебе корректур. Они задержались вследствие переделок «''Орл[еанской] девы''», которая теперь, слава Богу, уже на пути в ''Петербург''. Завтра высылаю корректуры как «Всенощной», так и шести пизе. То и другое очень хорошо гравировано, но во «Всенощной» те листы, которые гравировал ''Noske'', — очень забавны тем, что он не признаёт буквы {{und2|ѵ}} и вместо оной ставит {{und2|r}} — вследствие чего многие слова вышли очень забавны. Я желаю сделать 2-ые корректуры, и если ты поручишься, что все, что во 2-ой кор[ректуре] я отмечу, будет исполнено, — то третьей вовсе не нужно. Попрошу тебя прислать мне эти 2-ые корректуры ''тетрадью'', а не отдельными листами.

Пожалуйста, голубчик, прикажи узнать, почему магазин «''Нов[ого] вр[емеии]''» не высылает мне первых выпусков «''Истории Петра Вел[икого]''»? Билет я уже давно получил, а самой вещи до сих пор нету. Получил сегодня от какого-то ''André'' предложение отдавать ему мои сочинения. Что это за птица? И какой странный город. В нем бы следовало только скабрёзные оперетки издавать, а никак не глубоко гениальные мои произведения. Я отвечал ему учтивым отказом и сослался на тебя.

Обнимаю. Недели через 3 увидимся.
{{right|П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|''[[Kamenka]]''<br/>12th}}
{{centre|My friend!}}
You're probably angry that it's been so long since I sent you any proofs. They were were held up because of my amendments to "''[[The Maid of Orleans]]''", which are now, thank God, already on the way to ''[[Petersburg]]''. Tomorrow I'm sending you the proofs of the "[[Vespers]]", and the [[Six Pieces, Op. 51|six pieces]]. Both are very well engraved, but on those pages from the "[[Vespers]]" which have been engraved by ''Noske'' it's very funny that he doesn't recognise the letter {{und2|u}} and he puts {{und2|g}} instead — as a consequence of which many words have come out very oddly. I want to do the 2nd proofs, and if you can guarantee that everything I mark in the 2nd proofs will be done, then the third won't be needed at all. I ask you to send me the 2nd proofs ''in book form'', and not as separate sheets.

Please, golubchik, have someone find out why the "''New Time''" bookstore hasn't sent me the first issues of "''The Story of Peter the Great"''? I've had a chit for ages, but the thing itself still isn't there. I received an offer from ''André'' today to give my compositions to him. What a bird this is! And what a strange town. It's only fit for publishing filthy operettas, and not my profoundly ingenious works. I replied to him with a courteous refusal, and referred him to you.

I embrace you. See you in 3 weeks.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
}}