3025201 Pyotr Tchaikovsky with his wife, Antonina (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (25 April/7 May 1840 ??25 October/6 November 1893) often anglicized as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. Tchaikovsky was honored in 1884, by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension.); Sputnik; Russian, out of copyright.