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Ekaterina Andreevna Alekseeva

Екатерина Андреевна Алексеева

Maternal aunt of the composer. Born Elizaveta Andreevna ASSIER (Ассиер) on 14/26 February 1805, the eldest daughter of Andrei Mikhailovich ASSIER and his wife Ekaterina Mikhailovna (b. POPOVA).

Ekaterina was an amateur singer (contralto), who influenced Tchaikovsky's early musical development, She married Major-General Aleksandr Stepanovich ALEKSEEV (?-1861), and they had one child:

1. Ivan Aleksandrovich ALEKSEEV, army officer.

Ekaterina Alekseeva died on 17/29 January 1882, aged 76, and was buried at the Smolenskoe Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.