Alyab'yev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

Alyab'yev [Alyábyiff] (Alabiev), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (8–4/15–1787, Tobolsk; 2–22/3–6–1851, M.). Alyab'yev was born in the Russian provincial town of Tobolsk, where his father was governor. In 1796 the family moved to P., then in 1804 to M. There is some evidence that Alyab'yev was a pupil at the boarding school for the nobility attached to M. Univ., but it is impossible to verify this since the school archives were destroyed during the Napoleonic invasion. As for his music teachers, it is…