Kuntsevo

Kuntsevo (Кунцево) is a suburb of the city of Moscow, in the Moscow oblast (Московская область) of the Russian Federation.

During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was a separate village in the Moscow district (Московский уезд) and Moscow province (Московская губерния) of the Russian Empire.

Tchaikovsky in Kuntsevo

Tchaikovsky visited Kuntsevo on two occasions:

From	Until	Notes
late September/early October 1867	late September/early October 1867	A day trip travelling with Herman Laroche. He found it to be a "charming place". He also noted down "an excellent tune sung by one peasant woman" , called 'The Nightingale', which he later used in the operas The Voyevoda (1867–68) and The Oprichnik (1870–72).
14/26 June 1883	14/26 June 1883	To meet the industrialist Vladimir Konshin, father of the composer's sister-in-law Praskovya.

External Links

• Wikipedia (Russian)