Aleksandr Sokolov

Russian artist and academician (b. 1829; d. 1913), born Aleksandr Petrovich Sokolov (Александр Петрович Соколов).

A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1859, Sokolov was the censor at the Imperial Theatres in Moscow between May 1883 and January 1884, while Tchaikovsky's opera Mazepa was being made ready for its premiere. He was later the curator of the Academic Museum (1892–1907), and an active member of the Academy of Fine Arts (from 1896).

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandr Sokolov has survived, dating from 1883, and has been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 2350 – 22 September/4 October 1883, from Verbovka

One letter from Aleksandr Sokolov to Tchaikovsky, dating from 1883, is preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin.