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|Date=26 October/7 November 1887<br />
|To=[[Aleksandra Snegireva-Jurgenson]]<br />
|Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 471)<br />
|Publication={{bibx|1939/30|Советская музыка}} (1939), No. 8, p. 61<br/>{{bib|1974/53|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XIV}} (1974), p. 245<br />
}}<br />
==Text and Translation==<br />
{{Lettertext<br />
|Language=Russian<br />
|Translator=Brett Langston<br />
|Original text={{right|''26 окт[ября 18]87''}}<br />
{{centre|Милостивая государыня!<br/>Александра Петровна!}}<br />
Если Вы не изволите остаться на ''среду'' (вечером) в Петербурге, то я почту таковой Ваш отказ за кровное оскорбление. Нижайший слуга Ваш<br />
{{right|П. Чайковский}}<br />
Саша, останься, пожалуйста!<br />
<br />
|Translated text={{right|''26 October 1887''}}<br />
{{centre|Gracious mistress!<br/>[[Aleksandra Snegireva-Jurgenson|Aleksandra Petrovna]]!}}<br />
If you won't be good enough to stay on ''Wednesday'' (evening) in [[Petersburg]], then I will treat your refusal as a grievous insult <ref name="note1"/>. <br />
<br />
Your most humble servant,<br />
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br />
[[Aleksandra Snegireva-Jurgenson|Sasha]], please stay!<br />
}}<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
<references><br />
<ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky was writing in a jocular manner concerning the invitation he had extended to the whole [[Jurgenson]] family to see him conduct the third performance of ''[[The Enchantress]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]] — a performance which had been repeatedly postponed due to illness amongst the cast. It eventually took place on Friday 30 October/11 November.</ref><br />
</references></div>Brett