Yuliya Chistyakova-Mikhalevskaya

Sister of the violinist Iosif Kotek, born Yuliya Iosifovna Kotek (Юлия Иосифовна Котек); known after her marriage as Yuliya Iosifovna Chistyakova-Mikhalevskaya (Юлия Иосифовна Чистякова-Михалевская),

Tchaikovsky corresponded with her during her brother's final illness in 1885.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Yuliya Chistyakova-Mikhalevskaya have survived, dating from 1885, both of which have been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 2643a – 9/21 January 1885, from Moscow
• Letter 2664a – 26 February/10 March 1885, from Moscow.

Bibliography

• Редкая фотография П. И. Чайковского (1959)