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: ''For Tchaikovsky's sister Aleksandra, see [[Aleksandra Davydova]]''.

{{picture|file=Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya.jpg|caption='''Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya''' (1812–1854)<br/>''From an original portrait in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]]''}}
Mother of the composer (b. 30 July/11 August 1812 in [[Saint Petersburg]]; d. 13/25 June 1854 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Aleksandra Andreyevna Assier''''' (Александра Андреевна Ассиер); known after her marriage as '''''Aleksandra Andreyevna Chaykovskaya''''' (Александра Андреевна Чайковская).

Alexandra was the fifth child of [[Andrey Assier]] and his wife [[Yekaterina Assier|Yekaterina]], and she was educated at the Patriotic Institute in [[Moscow]] from the age of four. On 1/13 October 1833 she married [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]] (1795–1880), and the couple had seven children: 
* Yekaterina (d. in infancy)
* [[Nikolay]] (1838–1911)
* Pyotr (1840–1893), the composer
* [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] (1841–1891)
* [[Ippolit]] (1843–1927)
* [[Anatoly]] (1850–1915)
* [[Modest]] (1850–1916)

Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya died of cholera on 13/25 June 1854, and was buried at Smolenskoye Cemetery in [[Saint Petersburg]].

==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
39 letters from Tchaikovsky to his mother Aleksandra have survived, dating from 1850 to 1852, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 9]]''' – 21 October/2 November 1850, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 10]]''' – 8/20 November 1850, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 11]]''' – 23 November/5 December 1850, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 12]]''' – 10/22 December 1850, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 13]]''' – 17/29 December 1850, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 14]]''' – 24 December 1850/5 January 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 15]]''' – 1/13 February 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 16]]''' – 18 February/2 March 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 17]]''' – 5/17 March 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 18]]''' – 19/31 March 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 19]]''' – 7/19 April 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 20]]''' – 12/24 April 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 21]]''' – 22 April/4 May 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 22]]''' – 30 April/12 May 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 23]]''' – 13/25 May 1851 (?), from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 24]]''' – 20 May/1 June 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 25]]''' – 26 May/7 June or 27 May/8 June 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 26]]''' – early/mid-June 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 27]]''' – 11/23 June 1851, from [[Nadino]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 28]]''' – 17/29 June 1851, from [[Nadino]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 29]]''' – 25 June/7 July 1851, from [[Nadino]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 32]]''' – 7/19 August 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 33]]''' – 26 August/7 September 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 34]]''' – 13/25 September 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 35]]''' – 21 September/3 October 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 36]]''' – 7/19 October 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 37]]''' – 28 October/9 November 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 39]]''' – 11/23 November 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 40]]''' – 18/30 November 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 41]]''' – 23 November/5 December 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 42]]''' – 2/14 December 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 43]]''' – 10/22 December 1851, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 44]]''' – 25 December 1851/6 January 1852, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 45]]''' – 1/13 January 1852, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 46]]''' – between 7/19 and 10/22 January 1852, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 47]]''' – late January or February 1852, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 48]]''' – 9/21 March 1852, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 49]]''' – 16/28 March 1852, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 50]]''' – 28 March/9 April 1852, from [[Saint Petersburg]] (addressed jointly to Aleksandra and [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]])

33 letters written to Tchaikovsky by Aleksandra with her husband [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]], dating from 1850 to 1852, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].

==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1913/57}} (1913)
* {{bib|1985/62}} (1985)
* {{bib|1999/113}} (1999)
* {{bib|2003/75}} (2003)
* {{bib|2004/9}} (2004)
* {{bib|2009/20}} (2009)

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