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Pavel Pchel'nikov

Russian state councillor (b. 4/16 October 1851; d. 30 April/13 May 1913), born Pavel Mikhailovich Pchel'nikov (Павел Михайлович Пчельников, Pavel Mihajlovič Pčel;nikov).

Pchel'nikov was the manager of the the Imperial Theatres in Moscow (1882–1898), later a censor of plays in private theatres (1901–1905). Tchaikovsky became acquainted with him in 1883, in connection with the staging of Mazepa at the Bol'shoi Theatre in 1884

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Pavel Pchel'nikov:

• 27 letters from Tchaikovsky to Pavel Pchel'nikov have survived, dating from 1884 to 1893.