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Lidiia GenkeLidiia Petrovna Genke (Лидия Петровна Генке) was the composer's first cousin, born Lidiia Tchaikovskaia (Чайковская) in 1838, the fifth child of Petr Petrovich Tchaikovsky and his wife Evdokia Berens. She married Emil Iakovlevich Genke (1828–1888), a mining engineer, by whom she bore six children: Petr (1862–1908); Sergei (1866–1905); Vera (1871–1960); Vladimir (1875–1916); Anna (1879–1965); and Ivan (1880–1961). Lidiia Genke died in 1901. |