Aleksey Sofronov
Alexey Ivanovich Sofronov (Russian: Алексей Иванович Софронов; 1859 – 1925) was a servant and close friend of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from 1871 until his death in 1893. American researcher Roland John Wiley calls him the composer's “chief servant” and “household manager”.