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Kseniia Davydova

Grand-niece of the composer (b. 1905; d. 12 September 1992), born Kseniia Iur'evna Davydova (Ксения Юрьевна Давыдова, Ksenija Jur'evna Davydova, Xenia Yur'yevna Davidova).

Kseniia was the third daughter of Iurii Davydov (1876–1965) and his wife Margarita (b. Lopukhina, 1864–1931). She became curator of the Tchaikovsky House-Museum in Klin from 1965 to 1989.

By her husband Efim Davydovich Gershovskii (1906–1969), she had two children: Lev (b. 1946); Georgii (b. 1949).

Kseniia Davydova died on 12 September 1992, and was buried at the Dem'ianovo Cemetery near Klin.