Letter 30 - Revision history

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	I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor <ref name="note4"/>.		I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor <ref name="note4"/>.

	I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and ~~secondly~~, ~~there wishes~~ to smother you with kisses.		I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and second of all, I want to smother you with kisses.
	{{right\|Popka <ref name="note5"/>}}		{{right\|Popka <ref name="note5"/>}}
	That is what [[Mama]] used to call me.		That is what [[Mama]] used to call me.

Tony: "schools" to "school's" for clarity of meaning

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"schools" to "school's" for clarity of meaning

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	I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor <ref name="note4"/>.		I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor <ref name="note4"/>.

	I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and secondly, there wishes to smother you with kisses		I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and secondly, there wishes to smother you with kisses.
	{{right\|Popka <ref name="note5"/>}}		{{right\|Popka <ref name="note5"/>}}
	That is what [[Mama]] used to call me.		That is what [[Mama]] used to call me.
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	==Notes and References==		==Notes and References==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="note1">[[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had already promised his two sons, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]], who were at boarding-schools in [[Saint Petersburg]], that he would visit them earlier that year, in February, but he had failed to keep that promise. In September, [[Ilya]] was able to make the long journey from [[Alapayevsk]] and he spent three weeks in the ~~imperial~~ capital with his sons.</ref>		<ref name="note1">[[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had already promised his two sons, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]], who were at boarding-schools in [[Saint Petersburg]], that he would visit them earlier that year, in February, but he had failed to keep that promise. In September, [[Ilya]] was able to make the long journey from [[Alapayevsk]] and he spent three weeks in the Imperial capital with his sons.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Pyotr had spent about two months of his summer holidays that year on a country estate not far from [[Saint Petersburg]] which belonged to the mother of Mariya Petrovna Vakar (née Markova), the wife of his guardian Platon Alekseyevich Vakar (1826-1899).</ref>		<ref name="note2">Pyotr had spent about two months of his summer holidays that year on a country estate not far from [[Saint Petersburg]] which belonged to the mother of Mariya Petrovna Vakar (née Markova), the wife of his guardian Platon Alekseyevich Vakar (1826-1899).</ref>
	<ref name="note3">Joseph Bérard (known in Russia as Iosif Iosifovich Berar; 1800-1883) taught literature and French at the School of Jurisprudence, including in the preparatory class which Pyotr was attending at the time. He was the latter's favourite teacher — see {{bib\|2009/16\|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; том 1}} (2009), p. 46.</ref>		<ref name="note3">Joseph Bérard (known in Russia as Iosif Iosifovich Berar; 1800-1883) taught literature and French at the School of Jurisprudence, including in the preparatory class which Pyotr was attending at the time. He was the latter's favourite teacher — see {{bib\|2009/16\|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; том 1}} (2009), p. 46.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky had joined the preparatory class of the School of Jurisprudence in September 1850. Pupils who made sufficient progress in their studies moved up into the "first section" of the former and from there they could take the entrance exams into the school proper. Tchaikovsky would pass these exams in May 1852 and in September he entered the ~~schools~~ junior form. For more information on the School of Jurisprudence and the years which Tchaikovsky spent in it, see {{bib\|1993/186\|Tchaikovsky. The quest for the inner man}} (1993), chapters 2-3, and {{bib\|2009/16\|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; vol. 1}} (2009), chapters 2-3.</ref>		<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky had joined the preparatory class of the School of Jurisprudence in September 1850. Pupils who made sufficient progress in their studies moved up into the "first section" of the former and from there they could take the entrance exams into the school proper. Tchaikovsky would pass these exams in May 1852 and in September he entered the school's junior form. For more information on the School of Jurisprudence and the years which Tchaikovsky spent in it, see {{bib\|1993/186\|Tchaikovsky. The quest for the inner man}} (1993), chapters 2-3, and {{bib\|2009/16\|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; vol. 1}} (2009), chapters 2-3.</ref>
	<ref name="note5">Literally "parrot; Polly".</ref>		<ref name="note5">Literally "parrot; Polly".</ref>
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	</references>		</references>

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{{letterhead
|Date=17/29 July 1851
|To=[[Ilya Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 33, л. 43–44)
|Publication={{bib|1940/210|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к родным ; том 1}} (1940), p. 31 <br/>{{bib|1959/50|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том V}} (1959), p. 35
|Notes=
}}
==Text and Translation==
Spelling and punctuation errors in the original text have not been indicated.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Luis Sundkvist
|Original text={{centre|Милый мой Папаша}}
Вчера я получил ваше прекрасное письмо, которое меня много обрадовало. Весть что вы скоро приедите меня очень обрадовала. Вчера я только что приехал с дачи как получил ваше Ангельское письмо. Сегодня добрейший Платон Алексеевич сказал мне что в газетах уже печатано, что г. Берард выходит из нашего пансиона.

Я не знаю как вам угодно отдать меня в другой пансион или оставить оттого что приготовительный класс ещё остаётся год но уже с другим воспитателем.

Жду с нетерпением вас, что бы вы похлопотали обо мне, а во вто[рых] вас хочет расцеловать
{{right|Попка}}
Так звала меня прежде мама.

Ещё раз,
{{right|Попка П. Ч.}}
17 июля 1851 года.

|Translated text={{centre|My dear [[Papasha]]}}
Yesterday I received your wonderful letter, which gladdened me a lot. The news that you are coming soon has made me very happy <ref name="note1"/>. Yesterday I had only just returned from the country-house <ref name="note2"/> when I received your Angelic letter. Today ever so kind Platon Alekseyevich told me that in the newspapers it has already been announced that Mr Bérard <ref name="note3"/> is leaving our boarding-school.

I don't know whether you would like to put me in another boarding-school or leave me in this one, because there is still one year left of the preparatory class but now it would be with a different tutor <ref name="note4"/>.

I am awaiting you impatiently so that you can take care of me, and secondly, there wishes to smother you with kisses
{{right|Popka <ref name="note5"/>}}
That is what [[Mama]] used to call me.

Once again,
{{right|Popka P. T. }}
17 July 1851.
}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] had already promised his two sons, Pyotr and [[Nikolay]], who were at boarding-schools in [[Saint Petersburg]], that he would visit them earlier that year, in February, but he had failed to keep that promise. In September, [[Ilya]] was able to make the long journey from [[Alapayevsk]] and he spent three weeks in the imperial capital with his sons.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Pyotr had spent about two months of his summer holidays that year on a country estate not far from [[Saint Petersburg]] which belonged to the mother of Mariya Petrovna Vakar (née Markova), the wife of his guardian Platon Alekseyevich Vakar (1826-1899).</ref>
<ref name="note3">Joseph Bérard (known in Russia as Iosif Iosifovich Berar; 1800-1883) taught literature and French at the School of Jurisprudence, including in the preparatory class which Pyotr was attending at the time. He was the latter's favourite teacher — see {{bib|2009/16|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; том 1}} (2009), p. 46.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Tchaikovsky had joined the preparatory class of the School of Jurisprudence in September 1850. Pupils who made sufficient progress in their studies moved up into the "first section" of the former and from there they could take the entrance exams into the school proper. Tchaikovsky would pass these exams in May 1852 and in September he entered the schools junior form. For more information on the School of Jurisprudence and the years which Tchaikovsky spent in it, see {{bib|1993/186|Tchaikovsky. The quest for the inner man}} (1993), chapters 2-3, and {{bib|2009/16|Пётр Чайковский. Биография ; vol. 1}} (2009), chapters 2-3.</ref>
<ref name="note5">Literally "parrot; Polly".</ref>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letter 0030}}
</references>