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Tchaikovsky |
Ippolit TchaikovskyIppolit Il'ich Tchaikovsky (Ипполит Ильич Чайковский) was a younger brother of the composer, born on 10/22 April 1845 in Votkinsk, Russia, the fourth son of Il'ia Tchaikovsky and his wife Aleksandra (b. Assier). He was a Russian Naval officer, serving on the frigates First Light (Пересвет) and Dmitrii Donskii (Дмитрий Донской), and the corvette Champion (Витязь) on the Black and Baltic Seas, as well as in foreign waters. From 1867 he served in the Russian merchant navy, based initially at Odessa, later at Taganrog, where he was principal of the Naval School. In 1919 he became curator of the composer’s house-museum at Klin. In June 1869 at Kamenka he married Sofiia Petrovna Nikonova (1843–1920), and they had one daughter — Natal'ia (1876–1970). Ippolit Tchaikovsky died in 1927, and was buried at the Dem'ianovo Cemetery, near Klin. |