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Olga Tchaikovskaya, together with her adoptive son Georgy, pictured in 1886

Olga Tchaikovskaya

Sister-in-law of the composer (d. around 1919), born Olga Sergeyevna Denisyeva (Ольга Сергеевна Денисьева; known after her marriage as Olga Sergeyevna Chaykovskaya (Ольга Сергеевна Чайковская).

In 1872 Olga married the composer's brother Nikolay Tchaikovsky (1838–1911), and in 1886 the couple adopted the illegitimate son of Nikolay's niece Tatyana Davydova, who took the name Georgy Tchaikovsky (b. 1883).

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Olga Tchaikovskaya:

• 13 letters from Tchaikovsky to Olga Tchaikovskaya have survived, dating from 1885 to 1893.