Letter 3375

Tchaikovsky Research
Date 5/17 October 1887
Addressed to Pyotr Jurgenson
Where written Saint Petersburg
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 2545)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XIV (1974), p. 235
Notes Telegram

Text and Translation

Russian text
(original)
English translation
By Brett Langston
Убедительно прошу устроить аренду Кривякина. В крайнем случае согласен и на полторы тысячи; конечно лучше, если дешевле и срок менее продолжительный. Спасибо.
Чайковский

Earnestly request you to arrange lease for Krivyakino [1]. In worst case agree to one and a half thousand; of course better if cheaper and longer term. Thank you.
Tchaikovsky

Notes and References

  1. Tchaikovsky was in discussions with Vasily Alekseyevich Khludov (1840-1913), a Moscow merchant, to rent part of his estate at Krivyakino, near Voskressensk. The negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful.