The tempo of the realisation is 84 quarter note or crotchet beats to the minute. In 2/4 time and in the key of B the sustaining pedal does need to be used in the second half of the movement although it’s use is not indicated in the sheet music score. Accompaniments are in place playing at 80, 84 and 88 quarter note beats per minute. This movement is No.46 of Tchaikovsky’s Russian Folk Song Collection.
