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Ol'ga Tchaikovskaia, together with her adoptive son Georgii, pictured in 1886

Ol'ga Tchaikovskaia

Sister-in-law of the composer (d. around 1919), born Ol'ga Sergeevna Denis'eva (Ольга Сергеевна Денисьева, Olga Sergeyevna Denis'yeva); known after her marriage as Ol'ga Sergeevna Tchaikovskaia (Ольга Сергеевна Чайковская, Ol'ga Sergeevna Čajkovskaja, Olga Sergeyevna Tchaikovskaya).

In 1872 Ol'ga married the composer's brother Nikolai Tchaikovsky (1838–1911), and in 1886 the couple adopted the illegitimate son of Nikolai's niece Tat'iana Davydova, who took the name Georgii Tchaikovsky (1883–1940).

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Ol'ga Tchaikovskaia:

• 13 letters from Tchaikovsky to Ol'ga Tchaikovskaia have survived, dating from 1885 to 1893.