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	[[Tanya]]! I want to recite you a little lecture regarding your quarrels with [[Tolya]]. I do not like it that, having reason to be in a huff with him, you do not engage with him directly. You are upsetting him very much. Speaking about the misunderstanding that occurred between you, you say that he doesn't miss an opportunity to tell ''everyone'' about ''your moral depravity''. Talking with your sister about your shortcomings does not mean he is a ''slanderer''. And from your words, we might conclude that he is slandering you everywhere. Nobody loves you as much as [[Tolya]]. There is no heart in the world who is more loving, more tender, than [[Tolya]]'s. If he, when talking about you, exaggerates your shortcomings, then this does not mean that he wishes you ill. This only means that he is angry, seeing that you are not fully rising to the ''ideal'' that he should like you to reach. With his nervousness and irritability, it is forgivable that he sometimes goes over the top, sees what is not there, and, perhaps, does not notice what is. But can you seriously grumble about him for this? You quite obviously do not understand [[Tolya]] at all. He is somewhat larger than life and, due to strained nerves, uneven in temperament. But I defy you to find a soul more lofty and more beautiful, a heart more overflowing with love and (despite his so-called ''Don-Juanism'') more pure and chaste than that of any child.		[[Tanya]]! I want to recite you a little lecture regarding your quarrels with [[Tolya]]. I do not like it that, having reason to be in a huff with him, you do not engage with him directly. You are upsetting him very much. Speaking about the misunderstanding that occurred between you, you say that he doesn't miss an opportunity to tell ''everyone'' about ''your moral depravity''. Talking with your sister about your shortcomings does not mean he is a ''slanderer''. And from your words, we might conclude that he is slandering you everywhere. Nobody loves you as much as [[Tolya]]. There is no heart in the world who is more loving, more tender, than [[Tolya]]'s. If he, when talking about you, exaggerates your shortcomings, then this does not mean that he wishes you ill. This only means that he is angry, seeing that you are not fully rising to the ''ideal'' that he should like you to reach. With his nervousness and irritability, it is forgivable that he sometimes goes over the top, sees what is not there, and, perhaps, does not notice what is. But can you seriously grumble about him for this? You quite obviously do not understand [[Tolya]] at all. He is somewhat larger than life and, due to strained nerves, uneven in temperament. But I defy you to find a soul more lofty and more beautiful, a heart more overflowing with love and (despite his so-called ''Don-Juanism'') more pure and chaste than that of any child.

	I don't go out very much. I'm taking [[Apukhtin]] for a ride now, in order to settle him. Your mother wrote to [[Tolya]] that she was worried about me. Tell her that I am perfectly happy, that I do not repent for a moment my decision to finish at the Conservatory, and that in material terms I am completely secure from want of means. I'm very drawn to you at [[Kamenka]], but hardly likely to make it there before the spring. At the beginning of November I'm going abroad to ''[[Clarens]]''. I kiss you, and everyone else, tenderly.		I don't go out very much. I'm taking [[Apukhtin]] for a ride now, in order to settle him. Your mother wrote to [[Tolya]] that she was worried about me. Tell her that I am perfectly happy, that I do not repent for a moment my decision to finish at the Conservatory, and that in material terms I am completely secure from want of means. I'm very drawn to you at [[Kamenka]], but hardly likely to make it there before the spring. At the beginning of November, I'm going abroad to ''[[Clarens]]''. I kiss you, and everyone else, tenderly.
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{{letterhead
|Date=10/22 October 1878
|To=[[Tatyana Davydova]]
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia): {{RUS-SPsc}} (ф. 834, ед. хр. 18, л. 1–2)
|Publication={{bib|1962/102|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том VII}} (1962), p. 422–423
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''Петербург''<br/>10 окт[ября]}}
Милая моя Танюша! Хотел я с тобой поговорить обстоятельно и подробно. Но случилось происшествие, которое мешает мне сосредоточиться и писать обдуманно. У бедного Апухтина умер неожиданно брат его Николай. Это произвела на нашего милого толстяка потрясающее впечатление, и мы трое: Толя, Жедринский и я — постоянна дежурим около него. Я хорошо знал покойника, очень любил его и сильно огорчён этой катастрофой. Ну, как не возмущаться против непостижимых капризов рока. Покойник пережил всю осаду Плевны, участвовал во множестве сражений, перешёл зимой Балканы, ну, словом, остался цел среди тысячи смертей, — а теперь, возвратившись, получив награды и повышения, умер от ''крупа''! Не странно ли это!

Таня! мне хочется прочесть тебе маленькую нотацию по поводу твоих пререканий с Толей. Мне не нравится, что, имея причины дуться на него, ты не относишься к нему прямо. Ты очень огорчаешь его. Говоря а недоразумении, происшедшем между Вами, ты говоришь, что он не упускает случая ''всем'' рассказывать о ''твоей нравственной испорченности''. Говорить с твоей сестрой Анной а твоих недостатках не значит быть ''клеветником''. А из твоих слов можно заключить, что он повсюду клевещет на тебя. Никто так тебя не любит, как Толя. Нет в мире сердца более любящего, более нежного, чем Толино. Если он, говоря о тебе, и преувеличивает твои недостатки, то это ещё не значит, что он твой недоброжелатель. Это значит только, что он сердится, видя, что ты не вполне отвечаешь тому ''идеалу'', до которого он хотел бы, чтоб ты возвысилась. При его нервности, раздражительности, — простительно, что он иногда пересаливает, видит то, чего нет, и не замечает, может быть, всего того, что есть. Но можно ли серьёзно сетовать на него за это? Ты совсем, видно, не понимаешь Толи. Он характером немножко тяжеловат и вследствие болезненной нервности неровен. Mais je te défie de trouver une âme, plus élevée et plus belle, un coeur plus dèbordant d'amout et (malgré son {{sic|soit|soi}}-disant ''Don-juanisme'') plus pur et chaste, que ne l'est celui d'un enfant.

Очень много не распространяюсь. Сейчас повезу Апухтина кататься, чтоб рассеять его. Мама твоя писала Толе, что беспокоится обо мне. Скажи ей, что я совершенно счастлив, что я ни минуты не раскаиваюсь в своём решении покончить с Консерваторией, что в матерьяльном отношении я вполне обеспечен от недостатка средств. Меня очень тянет к Вам в Каменку, но ранее весны вряд ли попаду. В начале ноября еду за границу в ''Clarens''. Целую тебя нежно, а также всех.
{{right|Твой, П. Чайковский}}

|Translated text={{right|''[[Petersburg]]''<br/>10 October}}
My dear [[Tanyusha]]! I wanted to talk with you in detail and at length. But something has happened which prevents me from concentrating and putting my mind to writing. Poor [[Apukhtin]]'s brother Nikolay has died unexpectedly. This has had a shattering effect on our dear fat friend, and the three of us — [[Tolya]], [[Zhedrinsky]] and I — are keeping a constant vigil around him. I knew the deceased very well, I was very fond of him, and I'm greatly upset by this catastrophe. Well, there's no point in bewailing the unfathomable vagaries of fate. The deceased survived the whole siege of Plevna, took part in many battles, crossed the Balkans in winter — well, in short he escaped death a thousand times, and now, having returned, having received awards and promotions, he died from ''croup''! Isn't it strange!

[[Tanya]]! I want to recite you a little lecture regarding your quarrels with [[Tolya]]. I do not like it that, having reason to be in a huff with him, you do not engage with him directly. You are upsetting him very much. Speaking about the misunderstanding that occurred between you, you say that he doesn't miss an opportunity to tell ''everyone'' about ''your moral depravity''. Talking with your sister about your shortcomings does not mean he is a ''slanderer''. And from your words, we might conclude that he is slandering you everywhere. Nobody loves you as much as [[Tolya]]. There is no heart in the world who is more loving, more tender, than [[Tolya]]'s. If he, when talking about you, exaggerates your shortcomings, then this does not mean that he wishes you ill. This only means that he is angry, seeing that you are not fully rising to the ''ideal'' that he should like you to reach. With his nervousness and irritability, it is forgivable that he sometimes goes over the top, sees what is not there, and, perhaps, does not notice what is. But can you seriously grumble about him for this? You quite obviously do not understand [[Tolya]] at all. He is somewhat larger than life and, due to strained nerves, uneven in temperament. But I defy you to find a soul more lofty and more beautiful, a heart more overflowing with love and (despite his so-called ''Don-Juanism'') more pure and chaste than that of any child.

I don't go out very much. I'm taking [[Apukhtin]] for a ride now, in order to settle him. Your mother wrote to [[Tolya]] that she was worried about me. Tell her that I am perfectly happy, that I do not repent for a moment my decision to finish at the Conservatory, and that in material terms I am completely secure from want of means. I'm very drawn to you at [[Kamenka]], but hardly likely to make it there before the spring. At the beginning of November I'm going abroad to ''[[Clarens]]''. I kiss you, and everyone else, tenderly.
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}
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