Kseniya Davydova

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Kseniya Davydova (1905-1992)
pictured in 1964

Grand-niece of the composer (b. 1905; d. 12 September 1992), born Kseniya Yuryevna Davydova (Ксения Юрьевна Давыдова).

Kseniya was the third daughter of Yury Davydov (1876–1965) and his wife Margarita (b. Lopukhina, 1864–1931). She became curator of the Tchaikovsky House-Museum in Klin from 1965 to 1989.

By her husband Yefim Davydovich Gershovsky (1906–1969), she had two children: Lev (b. 1946); Georgy (b. 1949).

Kseniya Davydova died on 12 September 1992, and was buried at the Demyanovo Cemetery near Klin.

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