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Tchaikovsky |
Petr Petrovich TchaikovskyPetr Petrovich Tchaikovsky (Петр Петрович Чайковский) was the composer's paternal uncle, born in 1789, the sixth child of Petr Fedorovich Tchaikovsky and his wife Anastasiia (b. Posokhova). He was a Major-General, and recipient of the Order of St. George (4th class). He married Evdokiia Petrovna BERENS (Elizaveta von BERENS), by whom he had eight children: Anna (1830–1911); Sof'ia (1833–1888); Aleksandra (1836–1899); Il'ia (1837–1891). Lidiia (1838–1901); Mitrofan (1840–1903); Andrei (1841–1920); and Nadezhda (b. 1841). Petr Petrovich Tchaikovsky died in February 1871. |