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{{picture|file=Vladimir Stasov.jpg|caption='''Vladimir Stasov''' (1824-1906), in an 1873 portrait by Ilya Repin}}
Russian art historian and critic (b. 2/14 January 1824 in [[Saint Petersburg]]; d. 10/23 October 1906 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Vladimir Vasilyevich Stasov''''' (Владимир Васильевич Стасов).

==Tchaikovsky and Stasov==
The son of the architect Vasily Petrovich Stasov (1769–1848), he graduated from the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in 1843, and was admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1859. He sought to rid art and music of western influences, and was a mentor to the group of nationalistic composers known as "The Five". He considered Tchaikovsky's [[Symphony No. 2]] (1872) to be "one of the most important creations of the entire Russian school", and encouraged the young composer to write his fantasia ''[[The Tempest]]'' (1873), which is dedicated to Stasov. Although the two men retained a deep mutual respect, Stasov was disappointed that Tchaikovsky continued to follow western traditions in many of his compositions.

From 1872 Stasov was director of the arts section of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Public Library, and in 1884 he asked Tchaikovsky to donate the manuscripts of his works to that institution (a suggestion welcomed by the composer, but thwarted by his publisher, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]).

Stasov was made an honorary fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1900. He died on 10/23 October 1906 in [[Saint Petersburg]], and is buried in the city's Aleksandr Nevsky cemetery.

==Dedications==
As noted above, Tchaikovsky dedicated his symphonic fantasia ''[[The Tempest]]'', Op. 18 (1873), to Vladimir Stasov.

==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
22 letters from Tchaikovsky to Vladimir Stasov have survived, dating from 1873 to 1893, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 286]]''' – 15/27 January 1873, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 287]]''' – 27 January/8 February 1873, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 365]] – 28 September/10 October 1874, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 370]]''' – 16/28 November 1874, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 520]] – 11/23 December 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* [[Letter 525]] – 1931 December 1876, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 541]]''' – 9/21 February 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 548]]''' – 8/20 April 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 552]]''' – 29 April/11 May 1877, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 1072]]''' – 18/30 January 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* '''[[Letter 1087]]''' – 29 January/10 February 1879, from [[Clarens]]
* [[Letter 2595]] – 17/29 November 1884, from [[Davos]]
* [[Letter 2603]] – 23 November/5 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* '''[[Letter 2604]]''' – 23 November/5 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2609]] – 30 November/12 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2616]] – 3/15 December 1884, from [[Paris]]
* [[Letter 2822]] – 27 November/9 December 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 2827]]''' – 5/17 or 6/18 December 1885 (?), from [[Maydanovo]]
* [[Letter 3114]] – 2/14 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 3193]]''' – 8/20 March 1887, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
* '''[[Letter 3246]]''' – 29 April/11 May 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
* '''[[Letter 4869]]''' – 16/28 February 1893, from [[Moscow]]

21 letters from Stasov to Tchaikovsky have survived, dating from 1874 to 1893, of which 19 are preserved in the {{RUS-SPsc}} in [[Saint Petersburg]], and 2 in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 4205–4206).

==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1869/9}} (1869)
* {{bib|1909/10}} (1909)
* {{bib|1927/25}} (1927)
* {{bib|1949/59}} (1949)
* {{bib|1965/24}} (1965)
* {{bib|1965/79}} (1965)
* {{bib|1966/11}} (1966)
* {{bib|1978/20}} (1978)
* {{bib|1981/66}} (1981)
* {{bib|1994/109}} (1994)
* {{bib|1994/153}} (1994)
* {{bib|1995/13}} (1995)

==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Vladimir_Stasov|Wikipedia]]
* {{viaf|12412363}}

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