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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 visited Kuntsevo on two occasions:

• late September/early October 1867 — a day trip with 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 — to meet the industrialist Vladimir Konshin, father of the composer's sister-in-law Praskovya.

Notes:

1. Letter 104 to Anatoly Tchaikovsky, 28 September/10 October 1867 [back]