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{{picture|file=Praskovya Tchaikovskaya.jpg|caption='''Praskovya Tchaikovskaya''' (1864-1956)}}
Sister-in-law of the composer (b. 1864; d. 1956), born '''''Praskovya Vladimirovna Konshina''''' (Прасковья Владимировна Коншина); known after her marriage as '''''Praskovya Vladimirovna Chaykovskaya''''' (Прасковья Владимировна Чайковская).

Praskovya's father was the industrialist Vladimir Dmitriyevich Konshin (1835-1915), and her mother Yelizaveta (1835–1870) was the sister of the Russian businessman and art collector [[Pavel Tretyakov]] (1832–1898); Pavel's daughter Vera was married to the pianist [[Aleksandr Ziloti]] (1863–1945), who worked closely with Tchaikovsky in his later years.

In 1882, Praskovya married the composer's brother [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] (1850–1915), and the couple had one daughter: [[Tatyana Tchaikovskaya|Tatyana]] (1883–1970).

Tchaikovsky often stayed with [[Anatoly]] and Praskovya at [[Tiflis]] during the 1880s, and he corresponded regularly with his sister-in-law.

==Dedications==
In 1883, Tchaikovsky dedicated his [[Suite No. 2]] in C major, Op. 53, "À Madame Pauline Tschaikowsky".

==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
108 letters from Tchaikovsky to his sister-in-law Praskovya Tchaikovskaya have survived, dating from 1883 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 2203]]''' – 19/31 January 1883, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2345]] – 11/23 September 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2353]] – 26 September/8 October 1883, from [[Verbovka]]
* [[Letter 2369]] – 17/29 October 1883, from [[Kiev]]
* [[Letter 2378]] – 30 October/11 November 1883, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2433]]''' – 10/22 February 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2443]]''' – 23 February/6 March 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2469]]''' – 20 April/2 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2478]]''' – 27 April/9 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2490]]''' – 13/25 May 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2496]]''' – 26 May/7 June 1884, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 2503]]''' – 12/24 June 1884, from [[Grankino]]
* '''[[Letter 2510]]''' – 27 June/9 July 1884, from [[Grankino]]
* [[Letter 2541]] – 4/16 September 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* [[Letter 2546]] – 9/21 September 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* [[Letter 2547]] – 11/23 September 1884, from [[Pleshcheyevo]]
* [[Letter 2583]] – 3/15 November 1884, from [[Berlin]]
* [[Letter 2591]] – 12/24 November 1884, from [[Davos]]
* [[Letter 2608]] – 26 November/8 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2656]]''' – 14/26 February 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 2663]]''' – 26 February/10 March 1885, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 2770]] – 20 September/2 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2776]] – 25 September/7 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2783]] – 6/18 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2794]] – 13/25 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2801]] – 27 October/8 November 1885, from [[Kharkov]]
* [[Letter 2805]] – 4/16 November 1885, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2807]] – 9/21 November 1885, from [[Kamenka]]
* [[Letter 2810]] – 18/30 November 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2821]] – 25 November/7 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2826]] – 4/16 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 2835]] – 11/23 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2840]]''' – 22 December 1885/3 January 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2864]]''' – 23 January/4 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2876]]''' – 31 January/12 February 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 2881]]''' – 6/18 February 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2897]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2914]]''' – 13/25 March 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2916]]''' – 20 March/1 April 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2942]]''' – 1/13 May–3/15 May 1886, from the Black Sea
* '''[[Letter 2952]]''' – 16/28 May–18/30 May 1886, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2956]]''' – 25 May/6 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2961]]''' – 1/13 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2968]]''' – 7/19 June 1886, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2974]]''' – 17/29 June 1886, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 2999]]''' – 8/20 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3005]]''' – 18/30 July 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3022]]''' – 2/14 August 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3040]] – 3/15 September 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3049]] – 18/30 September 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3075]] – 11/23 October 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3087]] – 4/16 November 1886, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Letter 3092]] – 10/22 November 1886, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3112]] – 26 November/8 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 3121]] – 15/27 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3155]]''' – 22 January/3 February 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3167]]''' – 29 January/10 February 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3190]]''' – 27 February/11 March 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3199]]''' – 12/24 March 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3206]]''' – 23 March/4 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3217]]''' – 4/16 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3226]]''' – 15/27 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3241]]''' – 26 April/8 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3250]]''' – 7/19 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 3258]]''' – 14/26 May 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3260]]''' – 20 May/1 June 1887, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3284]]''' – 6/18 July 1887, from [[Batum]]
* '''[[Letter 3289]]''' – 19/31 July 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3308]]''' – 31 July/12 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3311]]''' – 5/17 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3315]]''' – 8/20 August 1887, from [[Aachen]]
* '''[[Letter 3316]]''' – 9/21 August 1887, from [[Aachen]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya, [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] and [[Modest Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3439]]''' – 21 December 1887/2 January 1888, from [[Leipzig]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3452]]''' – 30 December 1887/11 January 1888–10/22 January 1888, from [[Lübeck]] and [[Hamburg]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3488]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1888, from [[Leipzig]]
* '''[[Letter 3495]]''' – 10/22 February 1888, from [[Prague]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3549]]''' – 21 April/3 May 1888, from [[Moscow]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3562]]''' – 9/21 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3579]]''' – 30 May/11 June 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3586]]''' – 6/18 June 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3630]]''' – 1/13 August 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3697]] – 16/28 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 3733]] – 26 November/8 December 1888, from [[Vienna]]
* [[Letter 3737]] – 1/13 December 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 3806]]''' – 20 February/4 March 1889, from [[Geneva]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 3871]]''' – 6/18 June 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4099]]''' – 17/29 April 1890, from [[Rome]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* [[Letter 4233]] – 15/27 October 1890 (?), from [[Tiflis]]
* [[Letter 4243]] – 27 October/8 November 1890, from [[Taganrog]]
* [[Letter 4247]] – 2/14 November 1890, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* [[Letter 4260]] – 21 November/3 December 1890, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4281]]''' – 24 December 1890/5 January 1891, from [[Kamenka]]
* '''[[Letter 4318]]''' – 30 January/11 February 1891, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 4338]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4360]]''' – 30 March/11 April 1891, from [[Rouen]]
* '''[[Letter 4368]]''' – 15/27 April 1891, from [[New York]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 4393]]''' – 2/14 June 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4466]]''' – 2/14 September 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 4573]] – 14/26 December 1891, from [[Maydanovo]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 4595]]''' – 8/20 January 1892, from [[Hamburg]] (addressed jointly to Praskovya and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]])
* '''[[Letter 4652]]''' – 27 March/8 April 1892, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4659]]''' – early/mid–mid/late April 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4667]]''' – 19 April/1 May 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4670]]''' – 22 April/4 May 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4672]]''' – 23 April/5 May–25 April/7 May 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4690]]''' – 14/26 May 1892, from [[Klin]]
* '''[[Letter 4831]]''' – 18/30 December 1892, from [[Basel]]
* '''[[Letter 4980]]''' – 20 July/1 August or 21 July/2 August 1893, from [[Klin]]

69 letters from Praskovya Tchaikovskaya to the composer, dating from 1883 to 1891, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 5662–5730) <ref name="note1"/>.

==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1940/204}} (1940)
* {{bib|1940/205}} (1940)
* {{bib|1940/210}} (1940)
* {{bib|1951/55}} (1951)
* {{bib|1957/21}} (1957)
* {{bib|1957/22}} (1957)
* {{bib|1957/23}} (1957)
* {{bib|1958/51}} (1958)
* {{bib|1958/74}} (1958)

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Including two letters written jointly with her husband [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky|Anatoly]].</ref>
</references>

[[Category:People|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
[[Category:Dedicatees|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
[[Category:Family|Tchaikovskaya, Praskovya]]
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