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Praskov'ia Tchaikovskaia

Praskov'ia Vladimirovna Tchaikovskaia (Прасковья Владимировна Чайковская) was Tchaikovsky's sister-in-law, born Praskov'ia Konshina (Коншина) in 1864, daughter of the industrialist Vladimir Dmitrievich Konshin (b. 1835).

Praskov'ia's mother Elizaveta (b. 1835) was the sister of the Russian businessman and art collector Pavel Tret'iakov (1832-1898); the latter's daughter Vera was married to the pianist Aleksandr Ziloti (1863-1945), who worked closely with Tchaikovsky. In 1882 Praskov'ia married the composer's brother Anatolii Tchaikovsky, and they had one daughter -- Tat'iana (1883-1970)

Tchaikovsky often stayed with Anatolii and Praskov'ia at Tiflis (Tblissi) during the 1880s. The composer also wrote regularly to his sister-in-law, to whom he dedicated his Suite No. 2, Op. 53 (1883).

Praskov'ia Tchaikovskaia died in 1956.