Tchaikovsky's Family

Tchaikovsky had 5 siblings and was the second eldest out of them. His father's name was Ilya; he worked as a mine inspector and a metal works manager, and his mother's name was Alexandra. She died in 1854 from cholera.
Tchaikovsky married Antonina Milyukova, who was a young music student, in 1877. However, the marriage was not a successful one and Tchaikovsky ended up abandoning Antonina just weeks after their wedding.

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