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Aleksandra Kartsova

First cousin to the composer (b. 1836; d. 1899), born Aleksandra Petrovna Tchaikovskaia (Александра Петровна Чайковская, Aleksandra Petrovna Čajkovskaja, Alexandra Petrovna Tchaikovskaya); known after her marriage as Aleksandra Petrovna Kartsova (Александра Петровна Карцова, Aleksandra Petrovna Kartsova, Alexandra Petrovna Kartsova).

Aleksandra was the third child of the composer's uncle Petr Petrovich Tchaikovsky (1789–1871) and his wife Evdokia (née Berens). She married lieutenant-general Pavel Petrovich Kartsov (1821–1892), with whom she had eleven children: Petr (died in childhood); Elizaveta (1858–1908); Mikhail (1860–1909); Georgii (1862–1931); Nikolai (1862–1918); Mariia (1864–1927); Ekaterina (1866–1941); Praskov'ia (b.1870); Lidiia (1872–1945); Petr (1874-–1930); and Aleksandra.