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Aleksandr Zhedrinskii

Russian lawyer and senator (b. 1859; d. 1919?), born Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zhedrinskii (Александр Александрович Жедринский, Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Žedrinskij, Alexander Alexandrovich Zhedrinsky).

A graduate of the Aleksandrovskii law school in Saint Petersburg, Zhedrinskii subsequently became the manager of the Senate printing house, a consultant to the Ministry of Justice, and a state senator. Tchaikovsky and his brother Anatolii were friends with Aleksandr Zhedrinskii and his brother Vladimir (1851–1892) during the time that they lived in Saint Petersburg.

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Aleksandr Zhedrinskii:

• 5 letters from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandr Zhedrinskii have survived, dating from 1880 to 1884.