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Votkinsk
Votkinsk (Воткинск) is a town and municipal district in the republic of Udmirtia (Удмуртская Республика), in the Ural region of the Russian Federation. During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was part of the Sarapul'sk district (Сарапульский уезд) in the Viatka province (Вятская губерния) of the Russian Empire.
The composer's father, Il'ia Tchaikovsky, became manager of the Votkinsk ironworks in the late 1830s, and he moved here with his wife Aleksandra. On 9/21 May 1838 their son Nikolai was born at Votkinsk, followed on 25 April/6 May 1840 by their son Petr (the future composer), a daughter Aleksandra (28 December 1841/9 January 1842), and another son Ippolit (10/22 April 1845). From November 1844 until September 1848 the composer was looked after by his young governess Fanny Durbach,
The family remained here until 26 September/10 October 1848, when they moved briefly to Moscow and Saint Petersburg, before settling at Alapaevsk in May 1849. A commemorative museum was opened at Votkinsk on 30 April 1940, in the composer's birth centenary year.
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