Not so many people know about unique Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Museum in Alapayevsk.
The genius Russian Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk in the Vyatka district of Russia. In May 1849 his father Ilia Tchaikovsky had received a work assignment as a manager of ferrous metallurgy railway station in Alapayevsk, one of the oldest centers of industry, with the first factory built in 1704. Tchaikovsky's family was living in Alapayevsk from May 1849 until September 1852. During that time future composer studied piano and had intensive home training for his career. His youngest brothers, twins Anatolii and Modest, were born in Alapayevsk on May 1850. The composer himself left the town in August 1850, at the age of ten, when he was enrolled at the preparatory class of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in Saint Petersburg.
In 1965 a commemorative Museum was established at the site of the Tchaikovsky's family home at Alapayevsk. It was organized and supported by few enthusiastic music teachers and had absolutely unique collection of antic music instruments,furniture, scripts and documents from private
archives and public donations. It contains exclusive historical evidences about Tchaikovsky's life
and unique micro-model exhibits of Tchaikovsky's residence in Alapayevsk. All rooms are designed in middle 19th century style according to historic pictures and culture of that time.
The Tchaikovsky's Museum in Alapayevsk is one of a kind, and it deserves to be known.
In the Honor of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, the greatest composer
in the world, in regard with his Anniversary Year, 2010.
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