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Olimpiada Antipova

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

Olimpiada was the youngest child of child of the composer's grandparents Petr Fedorovich Tchaikovsky (1745–1818) and his wife Anastasiia (b. Posokhova, 1751–?). She married Ivan Ivanovich Antipov, a senior official in the mining industry, and they had seven children—Petr (b. 1819) ; Ekaterina (b. 1822); Aleksandr (1824–1887), mining engineer and geologist; Mikhail (1824–1897); Aleksei (1833–1913); Elizaveta; and Appolinariia.