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	At the end of 1877 [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] approached Tchaikovsky with commission to write a "Skobelev March" (~~Скоболев~~ марш) as a response to the war between Russia and Turkey, the Russian forces being commanded by the General Mikhail ~~Skobolev~~. Tchaikovsky flatly refused: "I'm not taking up your suggestion, because I cannot. It's so terribly vulgar" <ref name="note2"/>.		At the end of 1877, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] approached Tchaikovsky with a commission to write a "Skobelev March" (Скобелев марш) as a response to the war between Russia and Turkey, the Russian forces being commanded by the General Mikhail Skobelev. Tchaikovsky flatly refused: "I'm not taking up your suggestion, because I cannot. It's so terribly vulgar" <ref name="note2"/>.

	In April 1878 the Russian government formed a committee to organize a Volunteer Fleet and to appeal for donations towards the war effort. It seems that as a result of this, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] repeated his request, this time suggesting that it was Tchaikovsky's patriotic duty to agree to it <ref name="note3"/>. The march was composed on 24 April/6 May at [[Kamenka]], the same day that [[Jurgenson]]'s letter was received (according to the author's date on the manuscript). That very day the manuscript was dispatched to [[Jurgenson]] in [[Moscow]] together with a letter: "I have written the march and am sending it to you. No fee is necessary, because I too am a patriot, but I ask you not to include my name, rather, to devise whatever pseudonym you wish." <ref name="note4"/>.		In April 1878, the Russian government formed a committee to organize a Volunteer Fleet and to appeal for donations towards the war effort. It seems that as a result of this, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] repeated his request, this time suggesting that it was Tchaikovsky's patriotic duty to agree to it <ref name="note3"/>. The march was composed on 24 April/6 May at [[Kamenka]], the same day that [[Jurgenson]]'s letter was received (according to the author's date on the manuscript). That very day the manuscript was dispatched to [[Jurgenson]] in [[Moscow]] together with a letter: "I have written the march and am sending it to you. No fee is necessary, because I too am a patriot, but I ask you not to include my name, rather, to devise whatever pseudonym you wish." <ref name="note4"/>.

	In fact, Tchaikovsky had already signed the manuscript score with the pseudonym: 'P. Sinopov', after the Turkish Black Sea port of Sinop (now Sinope), where on 18/30 November 1853 several Ottoman warships had been destroyed in a battle with the Russian Navy.		In fact, Tchaikovsky had already signed the manuscript score with the pseudonym: 'P. Sinopov', after the Turkish Black Sea port of Sinop (now Sinope), where on 18/30 November 1853 several Ottoman warships had been destroyed in a battle with the Russian Navy.

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'''''The Russian Volunteer Fleet March''''' (Русский добровольный флот марш) ([[TH]] 140 ; [[ČW]] 149) <ref name="note1"/> was written by Tchaikovsky in 1878 to help raise money for victims of the war between Russia and Turkey.

==Movements and Duration==
There is one movement: Tempo di Marcia. Marziale. Allegro moderato (C major, 122 bars), lasting around 4 minutes in performance.

==Composition==
At the end of 1877 [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] approached Tchaikovsky with commission to write a "Skobelev March" (Скоболев марш) as a response to the war between Russia and Turkey, the Russian forces being commanded by the General Mikhail Skobolev. Tchaikovsky flatly refused: "I'm not taking up your suggestion, because I cannot. It's so terribly vulgar" <ref name="note2"/>.

In April 1878 the Russian government formed a committee to organize a Volunteer Fleet and to appeal for donations towards the war effort. It seems that as a result of this, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] repeated his request, this time suggesting that it was Tchaikovsky's patriotic duty to agree to it <ref name="note3"/>. The march was composed on 24 April/6 May at [[Kamenka]], the same day that [[Jurgenson]]'s letter was received (according to the author's date on the manuscript). That very day the manuscript was dispatched to [[Jurgenson]] in [[Moscow]] together with a letter: "I have written the march and am sending it to you. No fee is necessary, because I too am a patriot, but I ask you not to include my name, rather, to devise whatever pseudonym you wish." <ref name="note4"/>.

In fact, Tchaikovsky had already signed the manuscript score with the pseudonym: 'P. Sinopov', after the Turkish Black Sea port of Sinop (now Sinope), where on 18/30 November 1853 several Ottoman warships had been destroyed in a battle with the Russian Navy.

==Publication==
The march was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in May 1878. The cover of the edition contained the note: "All proceeds, with the exception of publishing costs, will be donated to the fund for acquiring a cruiser".

The piece was included in volume 52 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'' (1948), edited by Anatoly Drozdov (as ''The Volunteer Fleet March''), and in volume 69a of the ''[[New Complete Edition]]'' of Tchaikovsky's works (2008), edited by Polina Vaidman and Lyudmila Korabelnikova <ref name="note5"/>.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is now preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] {{TOW2|russkiy-dobrovolnyy-flot-marsh|(ф. 88, No. 116)}}.

==Recordings==
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==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|The_Volunteer_Fleet_March_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|The Volunteer Fleet March}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Entitled ''The Volunteer Fleet'' in [[TH]], and ''The Russian Volunteer Fleet'' (Русский добровольный флот) in [[ČW]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Letter 663]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 27 November/9 December 1877. Major-General Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev was a commander of the Russian army in the war against Turkey of 1877–78.</ref>
<ref name="note3">See [[Letter 818]], 24 April/6 May, and [[Letter 828]], 15/27 May 1878, both to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]].</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Letter 818]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 24 April/6 May 1878.</ref>
<ref name="note5">In this edition the title was translated into English as "Russian Volunteer Navy. March".</ref>
</references>
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