Simaki

Somaky (Сьомаки) is a village in the Zhmerinka district (Жмеринський район) and Vinnytsia oblast (Вінницька область) of Ukraine.

During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was known as Simaki (Симаки), and formed part of the Vinnitsa district (Винницкий уезд) in the Podolsk province (Подольская губерния) of the Russian Empire.

Tchaikovsky in Simaki

In 1879 and 1880, Tchaikovsky stayed at Nadezhda von Meck's cottage at Simaki, which was around 4 kilometres from her country house at Brailov.

From	Until	Notes
8/20 August 1879	31 August/12 September 1879	Here the composer finished the orchestration of the opera The Maid of Orleans and corrected its arrangement for voices with piano, and he also composed and scored an additional Divertimento for the Suite No. 1.
8/20 July 1880	29 July/10 August 1880	During this visit, Tchaikovsky worked on the Six Duets, Op. 46 and Seven Romances, Op. 47.