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	I'm now working from morning till night (the ballet) <ref name="note4"/> and have absolutely nothing to write about. I'm very, very, very ''glad that you're not in the Ministry of Justice'' <ref name="note5"/>. My God, that's splendid!		I'm now working from morning till night (the ballet) <ref name="note4"/> and have absolutely nothing to write about. I'm very, very, very ''glad that you're not in the Ministry of Justice'' <ref name="note5"/>. My God, that's splendid!

	Kisses, hugs.		Kisses and hugs.
	{{right\|P. T.}}		{{right\|P. T.}}
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	Golubchik [[Anatosha]]! I've received your letter of 27 December <ref name="note1"/>. I think that you will have received 1000 rubles from [[Jurgenson]]; but besides this I, ''surely'', owe you payment of interest <ref name="note2"/>. If you wish, let's sort it out in [[Tiflis]]. How's that, golubchik! I'm leaving for [[Petersburg]] on 20 January, and thence for several days abroad, where I have a whole pile of concerts. The last concert, like last year's, will be in [[London]] on ''8 April'', new style. The very next day, if God willing I'm fit and well, I'll set off directly for you, in [[Tiflis]], although this time probably by sea, via [[Marseille]]. In any ~~event~~: ''either by Easter or around that time I'll be with you''. You can consider this an absolutely irrevocable decision <ref name="note3"/>. You can't imagine how delighted I am at the thought of being with you in [[Tiflis]]. I've missed you so much, and I especially love [[Tiflis]].		Golubchik [[Anatosha]]! I've received your letter of 27 December <ref name="note1"/>. I think that you will have received 1000 rubles from [[Jurgenson]]; but besides this I, ''surely'', owe you payment of interest <ref name="note2"/>. If you wish, let's sort it out in [[Tiflis]]. How's that, golubchik! I'm leaving for [[Petersburg]] on 20 January, and thence for several days abroad, where I have a whole pile of concerts. The last concert, like last year's, will be in [[London]] on ''8 April'', new style. The very next day, if God willing I'm fit and well, I'll set off directly for you, in [[Tiflis]], although this time probably by sea, via [[Marseille]]. In any case: ''either by Easter or around that time I'll be with you''. You can consider this an absolutely irrevocable decision <ref name="note3"/>. You can't imagine how delighted I am at the thought of being with you in [[Tiflis]]. I've missed you so much, and I especially love [[Tiflis]].

	I'm now working from morning till night (the ballet) <ref name="note4"/> and have absolutely nothing to write about. I'm very, very, very ''glad that you're not in the Ministry of Justice'' <ref name="note5"/>. My God, that's splendid!		I'm now working from morning till night (the ballet) <ref name="note4"/> and have absolutely nothing to write about. I'm very, very, very ''glad that you're not in the Ministry of Justice'' <ref name="note5"/>. My God, that's splendid!

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{{letterhead
|Date=5/17 January 1889
|To=[[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Frolovskoye]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 3204)
|Publication={{bib|1955/37|П. И. Чайковский. Письма к близким}} (1955), p. 16 (abridged)<br/>{{bib|1976/64|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XV–А}} (1976), p. 16<br/>{{bib|1981/81|Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Letters to his family. An autobiography}} (1981), p. 413 (English translation; abridged)
}}
==Text and Translation==
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=Brett Langston
|Original text={{right|''5 янв[аря 18]89 года''}}
Голубчик Анатоша! Получил сегодня твоё письмо от 27 дек[абря]. Думаю, что ты 1000 р[ублей] от Юрг[енсона] уже получил; но кроме того я, ''наверно'', тебе должен за уплату процентов. Если хочешь, сосчитаемся в Тифлисе. Вот что, голубчик! Я уезжаю 20-го янв[аря] в Петербург и оттуда через день за границу, где у меня целый ряд концертов. Последний концерт, как и в прошлом году, будет в Лондоне ''8 апр[еля]'' по новому стилю. На другой же день, если, Бог даст, буду жив и здоров, отправляюсь прямо к Вам, в Тифлис, хотя на сей раз, вероятно, морем, через Марсель. Во всяком случае: ''или к пасхе, или около того времени буду у Вас''. Можешь на это рассчитывать как на нечто безусловно решённое. Ты и представить себе не можешь, до чего меня восхищает мысль, что я буду у Вас в Тифлисе. И по Вас-то очень стосковался, да и Тифлис я как-то особенно люблю.

Я теперь с утра до вечера работаю (балет) и писать решительно нечего. Я очень, очень, очень ''рад, что ты не в Мин[истерстве] юст[иции]''. Ей-Богу, это отлично!

Целую, обнимаю.
{{right|П. Ч.}}

|Translated text={{right|''5 January 1889''}}
Golubchik [[Anatosha]]! I've received your letter of 27 December <ref name="note1"/>. I think that you will have received 1000 rubles from [[Jurgenson]]; but besides this I, ''surely'', owe you payment of interest <ref name="note2"/>. If you wish, let's sort it out in [[Tiflis]]. How's that, golubchik! I'm leaving for [[Petersburg]] on 20 January, and thence for several days abroad, where I have a whole pile of concerts. The last concert, like last year's, will be in [[London]] on ''8 April'', new style. The very next day, if God willing I'm fit and well, I'll set off directly for you, in [[Tiflis]], although this time probably by sea, via [[Marseille]]. In any event: ''either by Easter or around that time I'll be with you''. You can consider this an absolutely irrevocable decision <ref name="note3"/>. You can't imagine how delighted I am at the thought of being with you in [[Tiflis]]. I've missed you so much, and I especially love [[Tiflis]].

I'm now working from morning till night (the ballet) <ref name="note4"/> and have absolutely nothing to write about. I'm very, very, very ''glad that you're not in the Ministry of Justice'' <ref name="note5"/>. My God, that's splendid!

Kisses, hugs.
{{right|P. T.}}
}}
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Letter from [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] to the composer, 27 December 1888/8 January 1889.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Tchaikovsky was repaying a loan he had received from his brother.</ref>
<ref name="note3">The composer would arrive in [[Tiflis]] on 12/24 April 1889, three days after Easter Sunday.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Sketches for Act II of ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]''.</ref>
<ref name="note5">[[Anatoly]] had recently been appointed vice-governor of [[Tiflis]].</ref>
</references>