P.I. Tchaikovsky is the brightest diamond in the crown of world culture. His works are immortal and represent an invaluable contribution to the world musical treasury. His name is known on all continents, which is why the flow of tourists to the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin never stops. It was in this small town near Moscow that the great Russian composer lived and worked in the last years of his life. Despite the fact that more than one and a half years have passed since the day of his death, little has changed in the house.
A bit of history
The Tchaikovsky Musical Museum in Klin is located in the very center of this small town near Moscow, located between Moscow and St. Petersburg, in the house that Pyotr Ilyich rented from Justice of the Peace V. Sakharov before his death. Subsequently, it was bought by the brother of the composer and in 1894 turned into a memorial to the memory of the great genius. Many believe that this house is the composer's family nest, however, as you see, this is not true. P.I. was born Tchaikovsky in faraway Udmurtia, in the city of Votkinsk, in the family of a mining engineer, and only at the age of 10 moved with his family to St. Petersburg. All his life he moved from one house to another, often lived outside the country. Two years before his death, he settled in this quiet place, away from the bustle of the city, and enjoyed his loneliness.
Museum Creation
After the death of the composer, his younger brother Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a famous playwright and translator in theater and art circles, decided to take care of the integrity and safety of his brother's property and create the Tchaikovsky Memorial House Museum in Klin - one of the first in Russia. In this he was helped by the heirs of copyright of the composer A. Sofornov, his faithful servant and assistant, as well as the nephew of the Tchaikovsky brothers - V. Davydov. The Klinsky house, of course, had to be bought from its former owner. Soon, uncle and nephew decided to settle in the estate. In order not to violate the integrity of the memorial, they built for themselves a small extension. Every day the museum's exposition was replenished with new rarities: letters, manuscripts, autographs, little things that somehow related to Pyotr Ilyich. Along with this, the number of visitors increased.
Soviet time
With the beginning of a new era, the integrity of the museum was in jeopardy. The Klinsky city executive committee decided to use the estate for other purposes - to organize an orphanage or some state institution, and only intervention "from above" prevented them from carrying out their plan. Museum-Estate of Tchaikovsky in Klin was saved, but not for long. During the Second World War, the town was captured by the Nazis, who turned the second floor of the house into barracks, and on the first they arranged a garage for motorcycles. Fortunately, all the rarities before the German invasion were taken to the composer's homeland, in Udmurtia. After the war, the museum was reconstructed, almost all exhibits were returned.
Structure and description
The Tchaikovsky House-Museum in Klin is the central building of the Maidanovo estate. It stands among a picturesque park on the high bank of the Sestra River. Not far from the estate there is a railway. This circumstance was decisive for the composer when choosing housing. After all, he often had to travel to Moscow and St. Petersburg or abroad. In addition, the beauty of local landscapes inspired and tuned the great musician in a creative manner.
Today the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin is a whole reserve complex. It consists of a memorial house with preserved interior and exterior decoration, music collections, a library, an annex, in which Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky lived after the death of the composer. The structure of the complex also includes an old park with manor buildings, and an outbuilding with an exhibition dedicated to Taneyev, the best of Tchaikovsky’s students. The museum is especially popular among students of music schools, colleges, conservatories, faculties of culture and art history at various universities in the world, as well as all fans of the great musician’s talent. Excursion to Klin (Tchaikovsky Museum), in addition to an overview of all these attractions, also includes listening to records of his ingenious works. It also organizes chamber music concerts, various music festivals and competitions.
Museum address and schedule
Tchaikovsky’s house is located at: 48, P.I. Tchaikovsky street, Moscow, Klin city. You can get here from Moscow by electric train from the Leningradsky station to Klin station, and from there by shuttle bus or bus.
Days and hours: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 10 to 18 hours (ticket office is open until 17.00), Wednesday and Thursday are days off.
Conclusion
Today the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin It is not only an archive-historical value, but also of great interest as a beautiful architectural monument of the pre-revolutionary era. The building is notable for its original elements of external decor, for example, a conical turret roof, a small balcony-lantern, decorated with multi-colored glasses, pilasters and reinforcing belt along the entire facade. Hurry up to visit the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin! Its hospitable doors are open to all fans of the work of the great genius.