Olimpiada Antipova

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Olimpiada Antipova (1801–1874)

Paternal aunt of the composer (b. 1801; d. 1874), born Olimpiada Petrovna Chaykovskaya (Олимпиада Петровна Чайковская); known after her marriage as Olimpiada Petrovna Antipova (Олимпиада Петровна Антипова).

Olimpiada was the youngest child of the composer's grandparents Pyotr Fyodorovich Tchaikovsky (1745–1818) and his wife Anastasiya (b. Posokhova, 1751–?). She married Ivan Ivanovich Antipov, a senior official in the mining industry, and they had seven children — Pyotr (b. 1819); Yekaterina (b. 1822); Aleksandr (1824–1887), mining engineer and geologist; Mikhail (1824–1897); Aleksey (1833–1913); Yelizaveta; and Appolinariya.