- Tchaikovsky's mother, Alexandra Andreyevna (née d'Assier), was the second of Ilya's three wives; his first wife died several years before Pyotr's birth.
- The most well-known Russian composer of all time is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whose full name has been anglicized as Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
- (1999). Tchaikovsky through others' eyes. Indiana University Press. ^ "Petr Fedorovich Tchaikovsky". ... ^ Holden, 6, 13; Warrack, Tchaikovsky, 18.
- Peter İlyiç Çaykovski (Tchaikovsky) 7 Mayıs 1840'da Ural dağlarında bir maden kenti olan Votkinsk'te doğdu. Babası maden ocaklarında müfettişti.
- Heliy Mikhailovich Korzhev, Tchaikovsky. ... Nikolai Dmitrievich Kuznetsov, Portrait of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1893.
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is widely considered the most popular Russian composer in history. His work includes the 'The Sleeping Beauty' and 'The Nutcracker.'
- Tchaikovsky persuaded his father that music was his future and he began composition lessons with Anton Rubinstein in 1861.
- A web-site devoted to the latest research into the life and works of P. I. Tchaikovsky.