As I Remember Them

487 Pages·59.857 MB·English

by  Meck Galina von.

D. C. Thomson & Co.
Galina von Meek, born in Moscow
in 1891, is the great-niece of the com­
poser Peter Tchaikovsky, and the
grand-daughter of his patroness
Nadezhda von Meek. Mme von Meek
was educated in Moscow, and in 1913,
married an Englishman, Noel Perrott,
whom she later divorced. They had
one daughter, Anna.
After the revolution she spent
many years in prisons and concentra­
tion camps, where she met Dmitri
Orlovsky in 1935. He later dis­
appeared in another camp.
In 1948 Mme von Meek settled
finally in England. Since then she
has translated 600 letters from
Tchaikovsky to his family, which are
to be published by Dobson Books.
She is now working on a further
translation of 1200 letters forming the
correspondence between her grand­
mother and the composer, after which
she will complete the last part of her
memoirs.
She speaks four languages: Russian,
French, German and English, wrote
the whole of this book in English
herself and professes her favourite
hobby to be ‘people’.
Printed in Great Britain ISBN o 234 77454 1

AS I REMEMBER THEM

Galina von Meek.
Burke Fotogra

G a lin a v o n M e e k
AS I REMEMBER
THEM
LONDON : DENNIS DOBSON
© Copyright 1973 by Galina von Meek
Publisher’s Note
2t this distance of time it is sometimes difficult to verify exact dates or
occasionally the precise chronology of events which occurred, as it must
now seem, in another world. The reader’s indulgence is asked over minor
discrepancies—more remarkable are the clarity and accuracy of the author’s
long and crowded memory.
First published in Great Britain in 1973
by Dobson Books Ltd, 80 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BZ
Printed in Great Britain by
Bristol Typesetting Co. Ltd., Barton Manor, St. Philips, Bristol
isbn o 234 77454 1
To my daughters
ANNA and ELENA