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Zinaida Ol'khovskaia

Half-sister of the composer (b. 1829; d. 13/25 January 1878), born Zinaida Il'inichna Tchaikovskaia (Зинайда Ильинична Чайковская, Zinajda Il'inična Čajkovskaja, Zinayda Il'inichna Tchaikovskaya); known after her marriage as Zinaida Il'inichna Ol'khovskaia (Зинайда Ильинична Ольховская, Zinajda Il'inichna Ol'hovskaja, Zinayda Il'inichna Ol'khovskaya).

Zinaida was the only child of the composer's father Il'ia Tchaikovsky (1795–1880)  and his first wife Mariia  (b. Keizer; d. 1831).

In January 1854 Zinaida married Evgenii Ivanovich Ol'khovskii (1824–1876), and they had five children — Mikhail (1854–1929); Evgeniia; Mariia; Aleksandr; and Anatolii.