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Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург, Sankt-Peterburg) is the second-largest city of the Russian Federation. Until 1918 it was the capital city of the Russian Empire, known from 1914 to 1924 as Petrograd (Петроград) and from 1924 to 1991 as Leningrad (Ленинград).

The Tchaikovsky family moved to Saint Petersburg from November 1848 to May 1849, before removing to Alapaevsk. However, Tchaikovsky returned to the capital in 1850 when he was enrolled at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence, and lived in the city until he moved to Moscow in January 1866. His main addresses were as follows:

  • November 1848–May 1849 — living with his parents at Vasil'enskii Island  after moving from Votkinsk. During this period the composer and his older brother Nikolai attended the Schmelling Boarding School at 14 Bol'shoi Prospekt  In May 1849 the family moved to Alapaevsk.
  • August 1850–May 1852 — at the preparatory classes for the Imperial School of Jurisprudence.
  • May 1852–April 1853 — staying with his aunt Ekaterina Alekseeva, at 1 Kosoi Lane
  • April 1853–May 1859 — boarding at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence, 6/2 Fontanka River Embankment. During the holidays Tchaikovsky stayed with his father Il'ia at Vasil'enskii Island.
  • 3/15 June 1859–May 1863 — working as a clerk at the Ministry of Justice, 1–3 Malaia Sadovaia Street
  • September 1863–January 1866 — studying at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, at Demidov's House, Demidov Lane, now demolished.

Tchaikovsky never again lived permanently in Saint Petersburg, but often stayed with friends and at hotel accommodation in the city from time to time. He also died in Saint Petersburg on 25 October/6 November 1893, at the apartment of his brother Modest at 13 Malaia Morskaia Street. The table below summarises the addresses in the city where he lived or visited.

Years The place’s renter or owner The address of the time Modern address Building’s current condition
1848–1849 Aleksandra and Il'ia Tchaikovsky’s apartment Vasil'evskii Island, near the Exchange, Meniaev’s House Birzhevaia Line, 18/2
(Биржевая линия, 18/2)		 Overbuilt
1848 Schmelling’s boarding school 16 Bolshoi Avenue of Peterburgskaia Side Bolshoi Avenue, Petrogradskaia Side, 14
(Большой проспект Петроградской стороны, 14)		 Preserved
1850–1893 Aleksandrinskii Theatre 2 Aleksandrinskaia Square 2 Ostrovskii Square
(Площадь Островского, 2)		 Preserved
1852–1853 Aleksandra and Il'ia Tchaikovsky’s apartment 41 Sergievskaia Street 41 Tchaikovsky Street
(Улица Чайковского, 41)		 Preserved
1852–1859 Imperial School of Jurisprudence 6/2 Fontanka River Embankment 6/2 Fontanka River Embankment (Набережная реки Фонтанки, 6/2), corner of Tchaikovsky Street (Улица Чайковского) Preserved, rebuilt in 1893–1896
1851 Platon Vakar’s dacha, Markovy’s mansion Nadino village Nadino, 5 km from Shapki station in Tosnenskii District of Leningrad Oblast Preserved
1850–1886 Bolshoi Kamennyi Theatre 3 Teatralnaia Square 3 Teatralnaia Square (Театральная площадь, 3)

 Rebuilt (now occupied by Rimskii-Korsakov Conservatory)
1850–1860s Ekaterina Alekseeva’s apartment (Tchaikovsky’s aunt) Corner of Fontanka Embankment and Kosoi Lane 1 Kosoy Lane
(Косой переулок, 1)		 Preserved
1853–1854 Aleksandra and Il'ia Tchaikovsky’s apartment 6 Solianoi Lane, A. Leshcheva’s House by the Empty Market 6 Solyanoy Lane
(Соляной переулок, 6)		 Preserved
1854 and 1858 Elizaveta Shobert’s apartment (Tchaikovsky’s aunt) Vasilievskii Island, 2nd Line, Schiele’s House Vasilievskii Island, 45 2nd Line
(Васильевский остров, 2-я линия, 45) 		Preserved
1854–1855 (autumn) Il'ia and his brother Petr Tchaikovsky’s joint apartment Vasilievskii Island, corner of Srednyi Avenue and Kadetskaia Line, Osterlov’s House Vasilievskii Island  corner of 10 Srednii Avenue, and 25 Kadetskaia Line (Васильевский остров, угол Среднего проспекта, 10 и Кадетской линии, 25) Preserved
1855–1858 Il'ia Tchaikovsky's apartment Vasilievskii Island, 8th Line, Zabolotskii-Desiatovskii’s House, apt. 27 Vasilievskii Island, 39 8th Line, apt. 31
(Васильевский остров, 8-я линия, 39, кв. 31)		 Preserved. Reconstructed inside
1855–1865 Mikhailovskii Theatre 1 Mikhailovskaia Square 1 Iskusstv Square
(Площадь Искусств, 1)		 Preserved
1858–1863 Technological Institute Zagorodnyi Avenue, professorial building, principal’s apt. 49 Zagorodnyi Avenue
(Загородный проспект, 49)		 Preserved. Reconstructed inside
1859–1862 Ministry of Justice 1–3 Malaia Sadovaia Street, Italyanskaia’s corner 1–3 Malaia Sadovaia Street
(Малая Садовая, 1–3)		 Preserved
1859–1860 Beloselskii-Belozerskii Palace Nevskii Prospect, corner with Fontanka River Embankment 41 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект, 41)		 Preserved
1859, 1860, 1866 Galov’s dacha, Miatlev’s dacha Novo-Znamenka, 17th verst
Peterhof (Petergofskaia) road 		13 Chekistov Street
(Улица Чекистов, 13)		 Preserved
1860–1861 Music classrooms of the Russian Music Society Mikhailovskaia Square, Mikhailovskii Palace Iskusstv Square, Russian Museum—left wing)
(Площадь Искусств, Русский музей—левое крыло)		 Preserved
1860–1893 Mariinskii Theatre 1 Theatre Square 1 Theatre Square
(Театральная площадь, 1)		 Preserved
1862–1866 Saint Petersburg Conservatory Corner of Demidov Lane and Moika River Embankment, Demidov’s House

 Section of 1 Grivtsova Lane
(Участок дома № 1 по переулку Гривцова)		 Lost (now occupied by the Electroradio-avtomatika Joint-Stock Company)
1863–1865 Il'ia Tchaikovsky's apartment 16 Leshtukov (Lestokov) Lane 16 Dzhambula Lane
(Переулок Джамбула, 16)		 Preserved
1860s Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church Nevskii Prospect 22–24 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект между домами 22 и 24)		 Preserved. Reconstructed inside
autumn 1865 Petr Tchaikovsky’s room Moika River Embankment, Prince A. V. Golytsyn’s House Section of 92 Moika River Embankment
(Набережная реки Мойки, участок дома № 92)		 Lost
1865 Elizaveta Shobert’s furnished apartment (boarding house) 11 Panteleimonovskaia Street, Zaremba’s House 11 Pestelia Street
(Улица Пестеля, 11)		 Half of the building is intact. The other one was destroyed by a direct hit of a shell during the Siege of Leningrad.
1865 Composer Aleksandr Serov’s apartment 29 Ofitserskaia Street, Markelov’s House 29 Decembrist Street
(Улица Декабристов, 29)		 Preserved
1866–1868 Il'ia Tchaikovsky’s apartment 7 Kirochnaia Street, aptartment 6 7 Kirochnaia Street, apt. 6
(Кирочная улица, 7, кв. 6)		 Preserved
October 1865– January 1866 Aleksei Apukhtin’s apartment Corner of Karavannaia Street and Ital'ianskaia Street, Frolov’s House

 18 Karavannaia Street
(Караванная улица, 18)		 Preserved
1868 Mariia Begicheva’s apartment 21 Fontanka River Embankment 25 Fontanka River Embankment
(Набережная реки Фонтанки, 25)		 Overbuilt
1865–1877 Milii Balakirev’s apartment 84 Nevskii Prospect, Benardaky’s House (outhouse) 84 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект, 84)		 Preserved
From 1867 Liudmila Shestakova’s apartment Gagarinskaia Street, Olsuf’ev’s House 30 Gagarinskaia Street
(Гагаринская улица, 30)		 Preserved
1870s to 1880 Elizaveta and Il'ia Tchaikovsky apartment Corner of Mogilevskaia Street, 7 and Kanonerskaia Street 7 Lermontov Avenue
(Лермонтовский проспект, 7)		 Preserved
1870s Vasilii Bessel & Co (music shop and publishing house) 58 Nevskii Prospect 58 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект, 58)		 Preserved in a slightly changed form
1872–1883 Nikolai Rimskii-Korsakov’s apartment 25 Furshtatskaia Street, apt. 9 Section of 33 Furshtatskaia Street
(Фурштатская улица, участок дома № 33)		 Lost
1870s Nouvellist magazine’s editorial office 10 Nevskii Prospect 10 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект, 10)		 Preserved
1874 "Victoria" Hotel 29 Kazanskaia Street 29 Kazanskaia Street
(Казанская улица, 29)		 Preserved
1877 Evropeyskaia (European) Hotel Mikhailovskaia Street, corner with Nevskii Prospect 1/7 Mikhailovskaia Street
(Михайловская улица, 1/7)		 Rebuilt (now "Grand Hotel Europe")
1877 "Dagmar" Hotel 9 Bolshaia Sadovaia Street 9 Sadovaia Street
(Садовая улица, 9)		 Preserved
1878 Palkin Restaurant 47 Nevskii Prospect 47 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект, 47)		 Preserved, slightly reconstructed
1878 Anatolii Tchaikovsky’s apartment Corner of Nevskii Prospect and Novaia Avenue, 79/2 Corner of Nevskii Prospect Pushkinskaia Street, 79/2
(Угол Невского проспекта и Пушкинской улицы, дом 79/2)		 Preserved
1879 Anatolii Tchaikovsky'’s apartment 4 Nadezhdinskaia Street 4 Maiakovskii Street
(Улица Маяковского, 4)		 Preserved. Reconstructed inside
1879 Assembly of the Nobility 15 Nevskii Prospect 15 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект, 15)		 Preserved, slightly reconstructed
1880 Saint Petrischule (a German school under Saint Peter's Lutheran Church)

 22–24 Nevskii Prospect (outhouse), or entrance from 10 Bolshaia Koniushennaia

 22–24 Nevskii Prospect Невский проспект, 22–24) or 10 Bolshaia Koniushennaia (Большая Конюшенная,10) Preserved with alterations
1880 Mariia Vasil’chikova’s apartment 12 Dvortsovaia Embankment 12 Dvortsovaia Embankment
(Дворцовая набережная, 12)		 Preserved
1881–1883 Nikolai Konradi and Modest Tchaikovsky’s apartment 28 Fontanka River Embankment, Orzhevskii’s House 28 Fontanka River Embankment
(Фонтанка, 28)		 Preserved
1881–1882 Amalia Litke’s apartment Corner of Ofitserskaia St, 60 and Angliiskii Avenue, P. I. Kol’tsov’s House 60 DecembristoStreet, corner with Angliiskii Avenue
(Улица Декабристов, 60, угол проспекта Маклина)		 Preserved
From 1882 Milii Balakirev’s apartment 7 Kolomenskaia Street, apt. 7 7 Kolomenskaia Street, apt. 7
(Коломенская улица, 7, кв.7)		 Preserved
1883 Nikolai Konradi and Modest Tchaikovsky’s apartment 15 Fontanka River Embankment, corner with Ital'ianskaia Street, Princess Urusova’s House 19 Fontanka River Embankment, corner with Italyanskaia Street
(Набережная реки Фонтанки, 19, угол Итальянской улицы)		 Overbuilt
From 1883 Nikolai Rimskii-Korsakov’s apartment 18/2 Vladimirskii Avenue, corner with Kolokolnaia Street 18/2 Vladimirskii Avenue, corner with Kolokolnaia Street
(Владимирский проспект, 18/2, угол Колокольной улицы)		 Overbuilt
1884 Aleksandr Glazunov’s apartment 8/10 Kazanskaia Street 8/10 Kazanskaia Street
(Казанская улица, дом 8/10)		 Overbuilt
1886–1888 Emilia Pavlovskaia’s apartment Ekaterininskii Canal, by L’viny (Lion’s) Bridge 99 Griboedova Canal
(Канал Грибоедова, 99)		 Preserved
1886 Ol'ga and Nikolai  Tchaikovsky’s apartment 9/31 Kriukov Canal, Sterligov’s House by Torgovyi Bridge 11/43 Kriukov Canal
(Крюков канал, 11/43)		 Preserved
1886,1893 Kononov's Hall (formerly Ruadze’s) Moika River Embankment, corner with Kirpichny Lane, 1st Admiralty section 61 Moika River Embankment
(Набережная реки Мойки, 61)		 Preserved (now occupied by Saint. Petersburg State Telecommunications University)
1886 Marius Petipa’s apartment 3 Saperny Lane 3 Saperny Lane
(Саперный переулок, 3)		 Preserved
1886 Eduard Nápravník’s apartment 6 Kryukov Canal, apt. 72 6 Kryukov Canal, apt. 72
(Крюков канал, дом 6, кв. 72)		 Preserved
1886 Anton Rubinstein’s apartment 27 Troitskaia Street (bel étage) 27 Rubinstein Street
(Улица Рубинштейна, 27)		 Preserved
1887 Nikolai Kondrat’ev’s apartment 34 Sergievskaia Street 34 Tchaikovsky Street
(Улица Чайковского, 34)		 Preserved
1887, 1892 "Grand Hotel" 18–20 Malaia Morskaia St 18–20 Malaia Morskaia Street
(Малая Морская, 18–20)

 Preserved (now occupied by OAO "Giprorybflot")
1888–1892 Nikolai Konradi and Modest Tchaikovsky’s apartment 24 Fontanka River Embankment, N.I. Iaf’s House 24 Fontanka River Embankment
(Набережная реки Фонтанки, 24)		 Preserved
1880s Concert tour agent Iakov Tset’s apartment 40 Moika River Embankment 40 Moika River Embankment
(Набережная реки Мойки, 40)		 Preserved
1889 Demoute's Traktir (now Medved Restaurant) 27 Bolshaia Koniushennaia Street 27 Bolshaia Koniushennaia Street
(Большая Конюшенная улица, 27)		 Preserved
1890, 1893 Herman Laroche’s apartment 10 Admiralty Embankment, N. O. Rukavishnikova’s House 10 Admiralty Embankment, apt. 10 and 31.
(Адмиралтейская набережная, 10, кв. 10 и 31)		 Preserved
1890 Medea and Nikolai Figner’s apartment 25 Moika River Embankment 25 Moika River Embankment
(Набережная реки Мойки, 25)		 Preserved
1890 Mitrofan Beliaev’s apartment 50 Nikolaevskaia Street 50 Marata Street
(Улица Марата, 50)		 Preserved
1890 "Rossia" ("Russia") Hotel 58–60 Moika River Embankment 58–60 Moika River Embankment
(Набережная реки Мойки, 58–60)		 Preserved
1890 Conservatory Directorate 1–3 Teatralnaia Street 1–3 Zodchego Rossi Street
(Улица Зодчего Росси, 1–3)		 Preserved
1892 "Aquarium" entertainment theatre-garden 10 Kamennoostrovskii Avenue 10 Kamennoostrovskii Avenue
(Каменноостровский проспект, 10)

 Rebuilt (now occupied by "Lenfilm" movie studios)
1893 Nikolai Rimskii-Korsakov’s apartment 11 Bolshaia Koniushennaia Street (Chapel’s building) 11 Bolshaia Koniushennaia Street
(Большая Конюшенная улица, 11)		 Rebuilt
1893 Anna Merkling’s apartment 14 Panteleimonovskaia Street 14 Pestelia Street
(Улица Пестеля, 14)		 Rebuilt
1893 Aleksei Apukhtin’s apartment 26 Millionnaia Street 26 Millionnaia Street
(Миллионная улица, 26)		 Preserved
1893 Assembly of the Nobility Mikhailovskaia Square 2 Mikhailovskaia Street, Iskusstv Square
(Михайловская улица, 2. Площадь Искусств)		 Preserved (now occupied by Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall)
1893 Leiner's Restaurant 18 Nevskii Prospect 18 Nevskii Prospect
(Невский проспект, 18)		 Preserved (now occupied by KFC fast food restaurant)
1893 Vera Butakova’s apartment 4 Panteleimonovskaia Street 4 Pestelia Street
(Улица Пестеля, 4)		 Preserved
1893 Modest Tchaikovsky and Vladimir Davydov’s apartment Corner of Malaia Morskaia Street, 13 and Gorokhovaia Street, 8,
F. I. Rotin’s House (Vienna Restaurant) 		Corner of Malaia Morskaia Street, 13 and Gorokhovaia Street, 8
(Угол Малой Морской 13 и Гороховой, 8)		 Preserved. The apartment is divided in two
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