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| '''''Kiev''''', also known as '''''Kyiv''''' (Київ), is the capital, municipal district and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. | | '''''Trostianets''''' (Тростянець), is a city in the Okhtyrka district (Охтирський район) in the Sumy oblast (Сумська область) of Ukraine. |
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| During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was the capital of the Kiev district (Киевская уезд) and Kiev province (Киевская губерния) in the Russian Empire. | | During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was known as '''''Trostinets''''' (Тростинец), and formed part of the Akhtyrka district (Ахтырский уезд) in the Kharkov province (Харьковская губерния) of the Russian Empire. |
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| ==Tchaikovsky in Kiev== | | ==Tchaikovsky in Trostinets== |
| The proximity of Kiev to the home of Tchaikovsky's sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] at [[Kamenka]] and other friends and family in the Ukraine meant that the composer often passed through the city. His main visits were:
| | Tchaikovsky spent the summer of 1864 at the family estate of Prince Aleksey Golitsyn at Trostinets, during which he wrote his overture ''[[The Storm]]''. |
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| | On Tchaikovsky's name-day (29 June/10 July), the prince organised a festival in honour of his friend. A celebratory breakfast was followed later that evening by a carriage ride through the forest, "where the whole road had been flanked with flaming pitch barrels, while in a pavilion in the midst of the woods a feast for the peasants had been set up as well as a sumptuous supper in honour of the subject of the celebration" <ref name="note1"/>. |
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| | 22 August/4 September 1865
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| | around 28 August/9 September 1865
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| | Returning from [[Kamenka]] to [[Moscow]], with his brothers [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky|Anatoly]] and [[Modest Tchaikovsky|Modest]], Tchaikovsky visited Saint Sofia's Cathedral in Kiev.
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| | 3/15 July 1872
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| | 5/17 July 1872
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| | Staying at the ''Grand-Hôtel'' with [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] and Sergey Donaurov, travelling from [[Kamenka]] to [[Nizy]]. The composer returned to Saint Sofia's Cathedral, and the neighbouring Monastery of the Caves, which he declared to be "time very pleasantly spent" <ref name="note1"/>.
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| | 8/20 December 1874
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| | 11/23 December 1874
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| | For the first production in Kiev of his opera ''[[The Oprichnik]]'' (9/21 December).
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| | 15/27 July 1875
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| | 17/29 July 1875
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| | Spending three days in Kiev en route from [[Moscow]] to [[Verbovka]].
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| | 2/14 June 1876
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| | 3/15 June 1876
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| | Stopping overnight on his way from [[Nizy]] to [[Kamenka]].
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| | 28 July/9 August 1877
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| | 30 July/11 August 1877
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| | Spending three days in Kiev after leaving behind his wife in [[Moscow]], before continuing to [[Kamenka]].
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| | 8/20 September 1877
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| | 10/22 September 1877
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| | On the return journey he stopped to hear [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''La Traviata'' at the Kiev Opera, with soloist [[Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya]].
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| | 13/25 May 1878
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| | 17/29 May 1878
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| | Breaking his journey from [[Kamenka]] to [[Brailov]].
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| | 11/23 June 1878
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| | 12/24 June 1878
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| | Staying overnight en route from [[Nizy]] to [[Kamenka]].
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| | 6/18 August 1878
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| | 7/19 August 1878
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| | Another brief overnight stay, while travelling from [[Verbovka]] to [[Vorozhba]].
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| | 29 August/10 September 1878
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| | 31 August/12 September 1878
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| | Returning to the ''Grand-Hôtel'', Tchaikovsky attended a performance of [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''Aida'' at the Kiev Opera.
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| | 21 June/3 July 1878
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| | 22 June/4 July 1879
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| | Stopping ''en route'' from [[Kamenka]] to [[Nizy]], he was impressed by the circus at the ''Chateau de Fleur''.
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| | 22 December 1879/3 January 1880
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| | 24 December 1879/4 January 1880
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| | Tchaikovsky found time for two visits to the theatre, on his way from [[Moscow]] to [[Kamenka]].
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| | 21 July/2 August 1881
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| | 25 July/6 August 1881
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| | Taking time out from a visit to [[Kamenka]], the composer spent five days in Kiev choosing and purchasing books and music.
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| | 2/14 October 1881
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| | 5/17 October 1881
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| | Stopping off at the Kiev Opera, while on his way from [[Moscow]] to [[Kamenka]].
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| | 30 October/11 November 1881
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| | 10/22 November 1881
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| | To attend the marriage of his niece [[Vera Rimskaya-Korsakova|Vera Davydova]] to Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (a cousin of the composer) on 4/16 November. He also saw a production of Luka Antropov's play ''Vanka the Steward'', which he considered as the subject of his next opera.
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| | 24 April/6 May 1882
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| | 26 April/8 May 1882
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| | Staying overnight on his way from [[Moscow]] to [[Kamenka]].
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| | 20 August/1 September 1882
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| | 21 August/2 September 1882
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| | While once again on his way from [[Moscow]] to [[Kamenka]], the composer spent two days in Kiev "for essential purposes" and "partly for my love of Kiev, and in order to somewhat prolong the sense of solitude" <ref name="note2"/>.
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| | 20 September/2 October 1882
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| | 21 September/3 October 1882
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| | Spending two days away from [[Kamenka]], awaiting an advance from his publisher.
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| | 26 September/8 October 1882
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| | 28 September/10 October 1882
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| | Visiting the Brothers' Monastery, where he particularly enjoyed the choral singing.
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| | 16/28 November 1882
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| | 19 November/1 December 1882
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| | Returning from [[Kamenka]] to [[Moscow]], he spent three days revising the first act of ''[[The Maid of Orleans]]'' a the request of the Imperial Theatres.
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| | 4/16 September 1883
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| | 5/17 September 1883
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| | Stopping off en route from [[Moscow]] to [[Kamenka]].
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| | 14/26 October 1883
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| | 17/30 October 1883
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| | Breaking his visit to [[Kamenka]] by spending four days in Kiev, partly spent correcting a new edition of his [[Symphony No. 1]].
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| | 5/17 September 1889
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| | 6/18 September 1889
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| | Attending a production of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Kiev Opera.
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| | 30 August/11 September 1890
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| | 30 August/11 September 1890
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| | Stopping off ''en route'' from [[Kamenka]] to [[Kopylovo]] with [[Nikolay Konradi]].
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| | 2/14 September 1890
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| | 3/15 September 1890
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| | Visiting the opera company of [[Ippolit Pryanishnikov]], who agreed to produce ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' in Kiev.
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| | 11/23 December 1890
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| | 22 December 1890/3 January 1891
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| | To attend the first and second performances of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' by [[Ippolit Pryanishnikov]]'s opera company (19/31 December and 21 December/2 January), and a concert given by the Kiev Amateur Music Society (15/27 December).
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| | 17/29 December 1891
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| | 23 December 1891/4 January 1892
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| | To conduct the orchestra of the Kiev branch of the Russian Musical society in a performance of his own works (21 December/2 January), including the [[Suite No. 3]], the ''Entr'acte and Dances of the Chambermaids'' from the opera ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]'' and the overture ''[[The Year 1812]]''.
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1889/1}} (1889)
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| * {{bib|1896/22}} (1896)
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| * {{bib|1897/19}} (1897)
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| * {{bib|1903/5}} (1903)
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| * {{bib|1903/6}} (1903)
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| * {{bib|1913/45}} (1913)
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| * {{bib|1913/60}} (1913)
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| * {{bib|1940/48}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/49}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/50}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/51}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/58}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/97}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/98}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/187}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1940/188}} (1940)
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| * {{bib|1948/30}} (1948)
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| * {{bib|1962/19}} (1962)
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| * {{bib|1962/26}} (1962)
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| * {{bib|1962/48}} (1962)
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| * {{bib|1962/69}} (1962)
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| * {{bib|1962/81}} (1962)
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| * {{bib|1965/23}} (1965)
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| * {{bib|1973/26}} (1973)
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| * {{bib|1973/47}} (1973)
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| * {{bib|1973/76}} (1973)
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| * {{bib|1973/87}} (1973)
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| * {{bib|1973/94}} (1973)
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| * {{bib|1979/32}} (1979)
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| * {{bib|1979/53}} (1979)
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| * {{bib|1979/80}} (1979)
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| * {{bib|1979/91}} (1979)
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| * {{bib|1979/99}} (1979)
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| * {{bib|1980/31}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1980/36}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1980/44}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1980/47}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1980/73}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1980/109}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1980/132}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1980/146}} (1980)
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| * {{bib|1985/70}} (1985)
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| * {{bib|1993/38}} (1993)
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| * {{bib|1993/50}} (1993)
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| * {{bib|1993/67}} (1993)
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| * {{bib|1993/166}} (1993)
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| * {{bib|1993/192}} (1993)
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| * {{bib|1993/205}} (1993)
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| * {{bib|1994/130}} (1994)
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| * {{bib|1999/25}} (1999)
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| * {{bib|1999/121}} (1999)
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| ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| * [[wikipedia:Kiev|Wikipedia]] | | * [[wikipedia:Trostianets|Wikipedia]] |
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| ==Notes and References== | | ==Notes and References== |
| <references> | | <references> |
| <ref name="note1">[[Letter 268]] to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]], 5/17 July 1872.</ref> | | <ref name="note1">See {{bib|1900/35}} (1900), p. 190–191.</ref> |
| <ref name="note2">[[Letter 2079]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 20 August/1 September 1882.</ref>
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| </references> | | </references> |
| [[Category:Places]] [[Category:Ukraine]] | | [[Category:Places]] [[Category:Ukraine]] |
