Editing Nikolai Rubinstein (section)

{{Short description|Russian pianist, conductor and composer (1835–1881)}}
{{Distinguish|Nicolai Rubinstein|Nikolai Rubinshtein}}{{Infobox person
| name               = Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein
| image              = Nikolai Rubinstein 1872.jpg
| caption            = Nikolai Rubinstein in 1872
| native_name        = Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн
| native_name_lang   = ru
| birth_date         = 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1835
| birth_place        = [[Moscow]]
| death_date         = 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1881 (aged 45)
| death_place        = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| resting_place      = [[Novodevichy Cemetery]]
| occupation         = Pianist, conductor, composer
| known_for          = Founder of the [[Moscow Conservatory]] (1859)
}}
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'''Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein''' ({{langx|ru|Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн}}; {{OldStyleDate|14 June|1835|2 June}} &ndash; {{OldStyleDate|23 March|1881|11 March}}) was a Russian [[pianist]], conductor, and [[composer]]. He was the younger brother of [[Anton Rubinstein]] and a close friend of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]].