Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

**Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky**
	Russian composer (1840–1893) Портрет Петра Ильича Чайковского работы Николая Кузнецова
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Name in native language	Петръ Ильичъ Чайковскій (Russian orthography before 1918);
Date of birth	25 April 1840 (in Julian calendar); Votkinsk (Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire)
Date of death	25 October 1893 (in Julian calendar); Malaya Morskaya Street, 13 (Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire)
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	cholera (disputed, death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky);
Place of burial	Tikhvin Cemetery;
Work period (start)	June 1859;
Work period (end)	16 October 1893;
Country of citizenship	Russian Empire;
Residence	Saint Petersburg (1848–1849); Moscow (1866–1877); Votkinsk (1840–1848); Moscow (1848–1848); Alapayevsk (1849–1850); Saint Petersburg (1850–1866); Clarens (1877–1877); Florence (1878–1878); Rome (1879–1880); Moscow (1881–1881); Klin (1885); Klin (1892–1893); Europe (1881–1892);
Educated at	Saint Petersburg Conservatory (–1865); Imperial School of Jurisprudence (1850 – 1859 (in Julian calendar));
Occupation	composer; librettist; conductor (–1893); choreographer; music teacher (1866–1878); pianist; autobiographer; music critic; diarist; conceptual artist; translator; university teacher;
Employer	Moscow Conservatory (1866–); University of Washington, Seattle (citation needed);
Position held	professor (Moscow Conservatory);
Field of work	music composing; music-learning theory; music education; music;
Native language	Russian;
Father	Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky;
Mother	Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya;
Sibling	Modest Tchaikovsky; Anatoly Tchaikovsky; Aleksandra Davydova; Ippolit Chaykovsky;
Spouse	Antonina Miliukova (1877–1877);
Work location	Saint Petersburg; Moscow;
Notable work	Swan Lake; The Nutcracker; The Sleeping Beauty; Symphony No. 6; Piano Concerto No. 1; 1812 Overture; Violin Concerto; Eugene Onegin; The Queen of Spades;
Award received	Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class; Order of St. Vladimir;
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Tchaikovsky's birthplace in Votkinsk
The Tchaikovsky family in 1848. Left to right: Pyotr, Alexandra Andreyevna (mother), Alexandra (sister), Zinaida, Nikolai, Ippolit, Ilya Petrovich (father)
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Tchaikovsky as a student at the Moscow Conservatory Anno 1863
Iosif Kotek (left) and Tchaikovsky (right) Anno 1877