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Historians don't doubt that Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will. Well, sorry Rsia, but Tchaikovsky — along wh dozens of other Rsian cultural ins — were gay.

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TCHAIKOVSKY: TRAGIC GAY COMPOSER
SORRY, RSIA, BUT TCHAIKOVSKY WAS DEFELY GAY

TCHAIKOVSKY: TRAGIC GAY COMPOSER

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SORRY, RSIA, BUT TCHAIKOVSKY WAS DEFELY GAY

Tchaikovsky was gay at a time when was illegal Rsia.

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