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A family portrait taken in St. Petersburg in 1848 shows (clockwise
from left) Peter Ilyich, aged 8, his
mother Alexandra, stepsister Zinaida, 19, his brother Nikolai, 10,
brother Ippolit, 5, father Ilya
and sister Alexandra, 6, leaning hand on cheek against her mother.
In later life Alexandra was to be Tchaikovsky's close confidante.
Twin brother Anatol and Modest were not yet born. To
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Tchaikovsky and Antonina Milyukova shortly after their marriage,
which lasted less than three months. To
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Nadezhda von Meck, widow of a Russian railway builder, was
Tchaikovsky's benefactress from 1876 to 1890. To
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the composer photographed with his favorite nephew Vladimir
Davidov, one of Alexandra's children. To
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Tchaikovsky's grand piano still stand in the center of the
combination living and working room of his country home at Klin,
outside Moscow. His father's portrait dominates a family gallery
on the right hand wall. The composer's favorite musicians-with
Beethoven honored as the centerpiece-hang at left. To
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Peter
Ilyich Techaikovsky
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