Borodin, Aleksandr Porfir'yevich
(1833–1887)
Borodin [Buhradéen], Aleksandr Porfir'yevich (10–31/11–12–1833, P.; 2–15/27–1887, same). Chemist and comp. Borodin was the natural son of a Georgian (according to some sources, Tatar) nobleman, Prince Luka Gedianov (Gedianishvili), and a Russian girl, Avdot'ya Konstantinovna Antonova, who subsequently married a retired army doctor named Kleinecke. The future composer was registered as the legitimate son of one of his father's serfs, Porfiry Borodin, although he was brought up by his mother. He…