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Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo)
Pushkin (Пушкин, Puškin) is a Russian town in the federal district of Saint Petersburg, and approximately 25 kilometres south of that city. During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was known as Tsarskoe Selo (Царское село, Carskoe selo, Tsarskoe selo), or the Tsar's Village, and was the administrative centre of the Tsarskoe Selo district (Царскосельский уезд) of the Saint Petersburg province (Санкт-Петербургская губерния) of the Russian Empire. Between 1917 and 1937 the town was first known as Soldier's Village (Солдатское село, Soldatckoe selo, Soldatskoye selo) and then as Children's Village (Детское село, Detckoe selo, Detskoye selo).
Tchaikovsky visited Tsarskoe Selo as part of a six-day trip around the northern Baltic (from 26 July/7 August to 1/13 August 1890). "I've been to Tsarskoe, to Peterhof, to Terijoki (Finland) with Menter, to Ozerki, and to Arkadii, and generally spent a very pleasant time" [1].
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- Letter 4188 to Anatolii Tchaikovsky, 2/14 August 1890 [back]