Leo Tolstoy | Timeline

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910 and the fact that he never won is a major Nobel prize controversy. (Intro from Wikipedia)

September 9, 1828 - Yasnaya Polyana, 12km SW of Tula, Russian Empire - Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy is born to an aristocratic russian family

September 10, 1828 - Yasnaya Polyana - Lev is baptized

August 4, 1830 - Yasnaya Polyana - Countess Mariya Tolstaya, his mother, dies when Lev is only 2 years old

August 16, 1836 - Yasnaya Polyana - Nikolai Tolstoy proposes marriage to Lev's aunt Tatyana Aleksandrovna Yergolskaya, "Toinette"

January 10, 1837 - Yasnaya Polyana - The Tolstoy Family leaves for Moscow by coach during the peak of winter

January 14, 1837 - Moscow - Tolstoy family arrives in Moscow after a difficult 4-day trip in the snow

June 21, 1837 - Moscow - Count Nikolai Ilych Tolstoy, his father, has an attack of apoplexy in the street while in Tula and dies. Lev was 9 years old

May 25, 1838 - Moscow - His grandmother, Pelageya Nikolayevna, dies
July 6, 1838 - Moscow - The Tolstoy children leave for Yasnaya Polyana to live with their Aunt Toinette
September 10, 1839 - Moscow - Aunt Toinette and the three orphans return to Moscow to attend the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone of Holy Savior Cathedral by Tsar Nicholas I, and to congratulate the eldest Tolstoy son, who had just been admitted to the Department of Philosophy at Moscow University
January 12, 1840 - Yasnaya Polyana - Back at Yasnaya Polyana, Lev writes his first poems and offers them to Aunt Toinette
November 9, 1841 - Yasnaya Polyana - His Aunt Aline dies. The children pass into the care of their Aunt Pelagya Yushkov
November 21(?), 1841 - Kazan - After a journey of two weeks by barge and carriage, the four children arrive to their Aunt Pelagya Yushkov's house
January(?) 1(?), 1843 - Kazan - Enrolls in an Oriental languages program at the University of Kazan
January(?) 1(?), 1844 - Kazan - Begins studying Oriental Languages at Kazan University
August 25, 1845 - Kazan - Letter to Aunt Toinette: "I do not know whether this will please you or not" [...] "but I have changed departments and became a student of Law"
March 1(?), 1847 - Kazan - Laid up in the Kazan Hospital with illness
April 12, 1847 - Kazan - Petition to the Rector of Kazan University: "Prevented from continuing my studies in the university on account of ill-health and family affairs, I humbly beg your Excellency to issue an order authorizing the omission of my name from the roll of university students and the return of all my documents"
June(?) 1(?), 1847 - Yasnaya Polyana - Returns home without graduating. Spends Summer at Yasnaya Polyana
November(?) 1(?), 1847 - Saint-Petersburg - Moves to Saint-Petersburg
February 13, 1848 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to his brother
January(?) 1(?), 1849 - Saint-Petersburg - Intends to take law finals. Sells part of the family property to cover gambling debt
March 1(?), 1850 - Moscow - Moves back to Moscow. Tolstoy drinks and gambles every day
April 1(?), 1851 - Yasnaya Polyana - Nikolay, his eldest brother and army officer, arrives from the Caucasus
April 20, 1851 - Yasnaya Polyana - Departs to the Caucasus with his brother Nikolay, via Moscow =(START) 
April 21(?), 1851 - Moscow - Tolstoy and Nikolay spend 2 weeks in Moscow
May 5(?), 1851 - Kazan - Tolstoy and Nikolay depart to the Caucasus, reaching Kazan to visit V.T.Yushkov, their guardian-aunt's husband and Madame Zagoskin, a friend of this aunt's. They stay in Kazan for a week
May 15(?), 1851 - Saratov - Tolstoy and Nikolay reach Saratov on horseback
May 25(?), 1851 - Astrakhan - Tolstoy and Nikolay hire a fishing boat and reach Astrakhan
May 30(?), 1851 - Starogladovskaya, NE of Grozny, Chechnya - Tolstoy and Nikolay reach their destination at Starigladovskaya
June 11, 1851 - Stariy Yurt, Goryachevodsk (near Pyatigorsk, Caucasus) - Both brothers move to Stariy Yurt, a fortified camp in Goryachevodsk
July 1(?), 1851 - Stariy Yurt, Goryachevodsk - Letter to his aunt
August 1(?), 1851 - Starogladovskaya - Stationed at Starogladovskaya
September 25, 1851 - Starogladovskaya - Departs to Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia
October 2, 1851 - Tiflis (Tbilisi, Georgia) - Arrives at Tiflis after a 7-day trip
December 23, 1851 - Tiflis - Letter to his brother Sergej
January 6, 1852 - Tiflis - Letter to his Aunt
January 20(?), 1852 - Starogladovskaya, NE of Grozny, Chechnya - Returns to Starogladovsk, as a non-commissioned officer
May 1(?), 1852 - Pyatigorsk - Tolstoy gets leave of absence and goes to Pyatigorsk, to drink the waters and to be treated for rheumatism
June 24, 1852 - Pyatigorsk - Letter to his brother Sergej
July 2, 1852 - Pyatigorsk - Tolstoy finishes his first novel "Childhood", and sends the manuscript to the editor of "The Contemporary" in Saint-Petersburg
August 5, 1852 - Pyatigorsk - Departs to his post in Starogladovsk
August 7, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Returns to his post in Starogladovks
August 28, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Receives a letter from N.Nekrasov, the editor of "The Contemporary", who is very impressed with Tostoy's writings
September 5, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Another letter from the editor of "The Contemporary" arrives
September 6, 1852 - While in Starogladovskaya - "Childhood", Tolstoy's first novel, is published in the November 1852 issue of "The Contemporary" russian newspaper
September 30, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Letter from N.Nekrasov
October 28, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Letter to his aunt Tatyana
October 30, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Letter from N.Nekrasov
December 24, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Tolstoy finishes writing "The Invaders"
December 26, 1852 - Starogladovskaya - Sends "The Invaders" manuscript to the editor of "The Contemporary"
January 19, 1853 - Nizhny Gerzel', E. of Grozny - Tolstoy is despatched with a howitzer to the fort and village of Nizhny Gerzel'
February 18, 1853 - Nizhny Gerzel', E. of Grozny - Tolstoy is almost killed in combat when an enemy shell explodes near him
March 1(?), 1853 - Nizhny Gerzel' - Marches against Imam Shamil, leader of the caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia
April 1, 1853 - Starogladovskaya - Returns to Starogladovskaya
June 13, 1853 - On the way to Grozny, Chechnya - Tolstoy joins the 5th and 6th squads of Kurinsky and a company of battalion of the line with two cannons, setting out for the fortress of Grozny. Before reaching the fortress, they are attacked by a group of 25 chechen horsemen
July 15, 1853 - Pyatigorsk - Goes to Pyatigorsk
October 1(?), 1853 - Starogladovskaya - Returns to Starogladovskaya
January 13, 1854 - Starogladovskaya - Tolstoy passes his officer's examination and prepares for his departure from the Caucasus
January 19, 1854 - Starogladovskaya - Departs to Yasnaya Polyana
February 2, 1854 - Yasnaya Polyana - Returns to Yasnaya Polyana, where an order to join the Danube army was awaiting him
March(?) 1(?), 1854 - Kursk - Passes through Kursk on his way to Bucharest
March(?) 5(?), 1854 - Poltava, Ukraine - Passes through Poltava on his way to Bucharest
March(?) 9(?), 1854 - Balta, Ukraine - Passes through Balta on his way to Bucharest
March(?) 12(?), 1854 - Kishinev (Chisinau, Moldavia) - Passes through Kishinev on his way to Bucharest
March 14, 1854 - Bucharest, Romania - Reaches Bucharest
April(?) 1(?), 1854 - Oltenița, SE of Bucharest - Attached to a battery at Oltenița for two weeks
May(?) 1(?), 1854 - Moldavia | Wallachia | Bessarabia - Journeying through Moldavia, Wallachia and Bessarabia for a week, by order of General Serzhputovsky
July 20, 1854 - Silistra, Danube, Bulgaria - Retreat from Silistra
October 1(?), 1854 - While in Bucharest - "Boyhood", Tolstoy's second novel, is published in the russian literary journal "The Contemporary"
October 17, 1854 - While in Bucharest - The Allied Siege of Sevastopol begins
November 1, 1854 - Kishinev - Departs to Sevastopol
November 2, 1854 - Odessa - Reaches Odessa on his way to Sevastopol
November 4(?), 1854 - Kherson - Reaches Kherson on his way to Sevastopol
November 7, 1854 - Sevastopol - Reaches Sevastopol. Assigned to the 3rd light battery of the 14th Artillery Brigade
November 15, 1854 - near Sevastopol - Leaves Sevastopol for a week-long trip through the forward defense lines. "The heroism of the troops beggars description" he writes to his brother Sergej
November 23, 1854 - Simferopol - Moves to Simferopol. Diary: "I became convinced that Russia must either fall or be transformed. Nothing works the way it should, we do not prevent the enemy from consolidating his position, although it could easily be done. And we ourselves stand there facing him with inferior forces, without retrenching, with no hope of reinforcements, commanded by generals like Gorchakov, who have taken leave of their senses, their common sense and their initiative, and we are relying on St.Nicholas to send storms and foul weather to drive away the intruder. The Cossacks are ready to plunder, but not to fight; the hussars and uhlans prove their military prowess in drunken carouses and debauchery; the infantry is conspicuous only for its thievery and money-grubbing. A sorry state of affairs for the army and the country. I spent a couple of hours talking to some english and french casualties. Every soldier among them is proud of his position and he has good weapons and knows how to use them, he is young, he has ideas about politics and art and this gives him a feeling of dignity. On our side: senseless training, useless weapons, ill treatment, delay everywhere, ignorance and shocking hygiene and food stifle the last spark of pride in a man and even give him, by comparison, too high an opinion of the enemy"
December 1(?), 1854 - Esky-Ord, near Simferopol - Tolstoy is informed that the Tsar refused permission to publish his observations on his gazette. He and his battery are sent to the rear, to Esky-Ord, near Simferopol
December 19, 1854 - Esky-Ord, near Simferopol - Tolstoy writes to N.Nekrasov, offering the texts he originally intended for his gazette to "The Contemporary"
April 30, 1855 - Sevastopol - Letter to N.Nekrasov
June 1(?), 1855 - While in Bakhchysarai - Publication of "Sevastopol in December"
June 15, 1855 - Bakhchysarai, between Sevastopol and Simferopol - Tolstoy receives a letter from Panayev and a copy of "The Contemporary", with his printed tale "Sebastopol In December"
August 16, 1855 - Chornaya River, Crimea - Battle of the Chernaya - Allied victory
September 9, 1855 - Sevastopol - End of the siege of Sevastopol - allied victory
November 21, 1855 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg as a despatch bearer
February 2, 1856 - Saint-Petersburg - Tolstoy receives news of his brother Dmitri's death

Lev Tolstoy, 1856

March 25, 1856 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to his brother Sergej
May 17, 1856 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Moscow
May 25, 1856 - Pokrovskoye, near Moscow - Visit to Dr.Bers and his wife Mademoiselle Islenev. (One of their daughters would be Tolstoy's wife six years later)
May 28, 1856 - Yasnaya Polyana - Arrives at Yasnaya Polyana
September 15, 1856 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to his brother Sergej
November 10, 1856 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to his brother Sergej
November 26, 1856 - Saint-Petersburg - Retires from military service
December 5, 1856 - Moscow - Letter to his Aunt Tatyana
January 1(?), 1857 - Moscow - "Youth", Tolstoy's third novel, is published in the russian literary journal "The Contemporary"
January 24, 1857 - Moscow - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
January 29, 1857 - Saint-Petersburg - Tolstoy departs from Saint-Petersburg and travels by mail post to Warsaw
February 21, 1857 - Paris, France - Tolstoy arrives in Paris by train
March 1(?), 1857 - Dijon, France - Trip to Dijon with Turgenev
April 6, 1857 - Paris - Witnesses a man being guillotined in a public execution in Paris, which makes an indelible impression upon him
April 9, 1857 - Geneva, Switzerland - Arrives in Geneva, Switzerland
May 15, 1857 - Clarens | Montreux - Tolstoy travels by steamer from Clarens to Montreux
May 28, 1857 - Avants, near Montreux - Spends the night at Avants
July 8, 1857 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Tolstoy reaches Lucerne
July 12, 1857 - Baden-Baden - First day at the Spa in Baden-Baden
July 31, 1857 - Baden-Baden - Turgenev arrives in Baden-Baden. Tolstoy pleads for another loan
August 8, 1857 - Stettin, Germany (Szczecin, Poland) - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
August 11, 1857 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg by boat
August 19, 1857 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Tula by train
August(?) 25(?), 1857 - Yasnaya Polyana - Returns to Yasnaya Polyana
October 17, 1857 - Moscow - Moves to Moscow with his brother Nikolay and sister Marie
October 23, 1857 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Saint-Petersburg for a few days
October 30, 1857 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
November 1, 1857 - Moscow - Letter to Botkin
December 7, 1857 - Moscow - Letter from Turgenev
December 28, 1857 - Moscow - Tolstoy goes to a banquet held by Professor Kavelin to unite all the literary factions in favor of the abolition of serfdom
January 1(?), 1858 - Moscow - Tolstoy is visited by Countess Aleksandra Alekseyevna Tolstaya
February 1(?), 1858 - Yasnaya Polyana - Returns to Yasnaya Polyana
February 15(?), 1858 - Moscow - Arrives in Moscow
March 1(?), 1858 - Saint-Petersburg - in Saint-Petersburg for a fortnight
April 1(?), 1858 - Yasnaya Polyana - Returns to Yasnaya Polyana
May 1(?), 1858 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Afanasy Fet
September 1, 1858 - Tula - Attends a meeting for the election of representatives to the Tula Committee for the Improvement of the Status of the Peasantry
September 4, 1858 - Tula - End of the meeting in Tula
October 24, 1858 - Moscow - Letter to his friend "Fetinka"
December 21, 1858 - out of Moscow - Tolstoy goes hunting with his friends. He shoots a bear. Next day, is attacked and wounded in his forehead and cheek by another bear
December 25, 1858 - Moscow - Letter to his aunt informing her of the incident with the bear
February 4, 1859 - Moscow - Speech to the Moscow Society of the Lovers of Russian Literature
April 1(?), 1859 - Saint-Petersburg - 10-day visit to his friend A.A.Tolstaya
April 30(?), 1859 - Yasnaya Polyana - Spends the Summer at Yasnaya Polyana
August 1(?), 1859 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
December(?) 1(?), 1860 - Yasnaya Polyana - Creates a school with the remaining property
April(?) 1(?), 1860 - Yasnaya Polyana - Visit from Afanasy Fet
June 11, 1860 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Germany
June 15, 1860 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
July 15, 1860 - Dresden, Germany - Visits Auerbach in Dresden
August 1(?), 1860 - Bad Kissingen - Instead of joining his brothers at Soden, Tolstoy arrives at Bad Kissingen to inspect the schools
August 26 1860 - Soden, near Frankfurt - Tolstoy arrives in Soden to join his brother Nikolay, who was seriously ill with tuberculosis
September 19, 1860 - Hyères, France - His brother Nikolay dies of phthisis in his arms. Tolstoy is deeply impacted and begins thinking of marrying
September(?) 25(?), 1860 - Marseille, France - Visits a few schools in Marseille while mourning the loss of his brother
October(?) 15(?), 1860 - Hyères, France - Stays in Hyères until the end of the year
January 1(?), 1861 - Nice, France - Travels to Nice
January 10(?), 1861 - Florence, Italy - Arrives in Florence. Meets amnestied Decembrist Prince Sergey Volkonsky
January 15(?), 1861 - Livorno, Italy - Travels to Livorno on his way to southern Italy
January 20(?), 1861 - Naples - Arrives in Naples
January 25(?), 1861 - Rome - Arrives in Rome. Meets painter Nikolay Ge
February 1(?), 1861 - Paris, France - Revisits Paris. Meets Victor Hugo
February 19, 1861 - While in Paris - Emancipation of the serfs in the Russian Empire
March 2, 1861 - London, England - Tolstoy arrives in London
March 11, 1861 - London - Attends a reading of "A Christmas Carol" and "Boots at the Holly Tree Inn" at St.James's Hall, Piccadilly
March 14, 1861 - London - Attends a speech by Lord Palmerston at the House of Parliament on "the relative size and needs of the british and french fleets"
March 17, 1861 - Brussels - Arrives in Brussels. Visits the french anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, then living in exile
March 26(?), 1861 - Brussels - Letter to Herzen
April(?) 1(?), 1861 - Antwerp - Arrives in Antwerp
April(?) 8(?), 1861 - Frankfurt - Arrives in Frankfurt
April(?) 10(?), 1861 - Eisenach - Arrives in Eisenach
April 13, 1861 - Weimar - Visit to Weimar
April 15, 1861 - Jena - Visit to Jena
April 16(?), 1861 - Dresden - Arrives in Dresden
April 20(?), 1861 - Berlin - Visit to Berlin before returning to Russia
April 26, 1861 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg
May 5, 1861 - Moscow - Passing through Moscow on his return from Saint-Petersburg to Yasnaya Polyana
July 1(?), 1861 - Yasnaya Polyana - Diary: "The post of arbitrator has given me little material for observation and has definitely spoiled my relations with the landowners, besides upsetting my health"
January(?) 1(?), 1862 - Yasnaya Polyana - Essay "The School at Yasnaya Polyana"
February 12, 1862 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to the Provincial Court of Justice on peasant affairs
March 9, 1862 - Tula - Tolstoy accepts the office of Peace Mediator of the Krapivenskiy District
April 30, 1862 - Tula - Tolstoy hands over his duties as Peace Mediator of the Krapivenskiy District, under the pretext of illness
May 20(?), 1862 - Kazan - Goes to Samara with his servant Aleksey and two schoolboys. Stops in Kazan to visit Vladimir Ivanovich Yuskhov
May 27, 1862 - Samara - Reaches Samara
August 26, 1862 - Pokrovskoye, near Moscow - Visit to Sofya Andreevna Behrs
September 17, 1862 - Pokrovskoye, near Moscow - Tolstoy proposes marriage to Sofya Andreevna Behrs
September 23, 1862 - Moscow - Tolstoy marries Sofya Andreevna Behrs
October 20(?), 1862 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofia Andreevna
January 1(?), 1863 - Yasnaya Polyana - Publication of the short novel "The Cossacks"
September 28, 1863 - Yasnaya Polyana - Son Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy is born
April 22, 1864 - Pirogovo - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
June 28, 1864 - Pirogovo - Begins writing "War and Peace"
August 9, 1864 - Pirogovo - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
August 11, 1864 - Novoselki - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 26, 1864 - near Telyatinki, WSW of Tula - While hunting for hare in the country near Telyatinki, Tolstoy is thrown from his horse going over a ravine. He looses consciousness after hitting the ground so hard. When he awakes, a thought hit him: "I am a writer!"
September 27, 1864 - near Telyatinski - A doctor is brought from Tula and manages to put his arm in the right place
October 4, 1864 - Yasnaya Polyana - Daughter Tatiana Sukhotina Tolstaya is born
November 24, 1864 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
November 27, 1864 - Moscow - After travelling to Moscow for treatment, Tolstoy attends a performance of Rossini's "Moses" at the Great Moscow Theater
November 28, 1864 - Moscow - Surgery to put his shoulder in the right place
December 11, 1864 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
February 1(?), 1865 - Moscow - The first part of the draft of "War and Peace" is published in the periodical "Russkiy Vestnik (the russian messenger). Tolstoy, however, is not satisfied with this version
July 27, 1865 - Orel - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
October(?) 1(?), 1865 - Borodino, W. of Moscow - Visits the battlefield of Borodino
January(?) 1(?), 1866 - Yasnaya Polyana - Tolstoy begins rewriting "War and Peace"
May 22, 1866 - Yasnaya Polyana - Son Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy is born
November 11, 1866 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
June 18, 1867 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
June 28, 1867 - Moscow - Letter to Afanasy Fet: "Intellectually you are superior to everybody else who's around me. You're the only one who can give [my mind] this 'different kind of bread' for it to be satiated with"
June 1, 1869 - Moscow(?) - Son Lev Lvovich Tolstoy is born
August 30, 1869 - Moscow(?) - Letter to Atanasy Fet: "I am convinced that Schopenhauer is the most genial of men. Here is the whole universe reflected with an extraordinary clearness and beauty"
September 1, 1869 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 2, 1869 - Arzamas - Overnight stay at Arzamas on his way to Samara
November 1(?), 1869 - While in Samara(?) - Publication of the rewritten "War and Peace"
February 12, 1871 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Daughter Maria Lvovna Tolstaya is born
June 11, 1871 - While sailing on the Volga - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
June 23, 1871 - Karalyk - Letter to Sofya Andreevna: "I feel I've entered a scythian state of mind, where everything is interesting and new"
July 16, 1871 - Karalyk - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January 1(?), 1872 - Yasnaya Polyana - Re-starts School
June 13, 1872 - Yasnaya Polyana - Son Peter Lvovich Tolstoy is born
July 14, 1872 - Farmstead at Tananyk - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 1(?), 1872 - Yasnaya Polyana - Confined to Yasnaya Polyana by investigating Magistrate
March 19, 1873 - Yasnaya Polyana - Tolstoy begins writing "Anna Karenina"
May 1(?), 1873 - Samara - The Tolstoy family spends the summer of 1873 on their newly purchased 7,000-acre estate in Samara
November 9, 1873 - Yasnaya Polyana - Son Peter Lvovich Tolstoy dies in infancy
January 15, 1874 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Speaks on learning to read
April 22, 1874 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Son Nikolai Lvovich Tolstoy is born
June 20, 1874 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - His aunt Tatyana dies
February 20, 1875 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Son Nikolai Lvovich Tolstoy dies in infancy
April 1(?), 1875 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - First installment of "Anna Karenina" published
June(?) 1(?), 1875 - Samara - Summer at Samara
November 1, 1875 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Daughter Varvára is born, but dies shortly after
November 9, 1875 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Letter to his brother Sergej
April 1(?), 1876 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Letter to Afanasy Fet: "You are one of the very few people I came to know in my lifetime who, while retaining totally rational attitude to life, have always stood on its edge, staring into nirvana. [People like you] see life clearer for peering into timelessness, for it is this way they greatly strengthen their [earthly] vision"
September 5, 1876 - Kazan - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 10(?), 1876 - Samara - Visit to Samara
September 15(?), 1876 - Orenburg - Visit to Orenburg
December 15(?), 1876 - Moscow - Meets Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
January 2, 1877 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
January 16, 1877 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
April 1(?), 1877 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Final installments of "Anna Karenina" are published
May 28, 1877 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
July 26, 1877 - Optina, SSW of Kaluga - letter from Optina monastery
December 6, 1877 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Son Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy is born
February 9, 1878 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
March 1(?), 1878 - Petropavlovsk, W. of Kazan - Visit to Petropavlovsk fortress
March 7, 1878 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
June 14, 1878 - While sailing on the Volga - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
June 18, 1878 - Samara Farmstead - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
July 1(?), 1878 - Optina, SSW of Kaluga - Tolstoy visits Optina Monastery
August 7, 1878 - Yasnaya Polyana - Turgenev visits Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana
August 28, 1878 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
October 8, 1878 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1879 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Tolstoy begins writing a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion, titled "A confession"
December 1(?), 1879 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Tolstoy breaks from Church attendance
January(?) 1(?), 1880 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Tolstoy finishes writing "A Confession"
August 28, 1880 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
October 8, 1880 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1881 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Son Michael Lvovich Tolstoy is born
July 4, 1881 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1882 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Publication of "A Confession"
May 1(?), 1883 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Tolstoy gives Sofya Andreevna complete charge of the publication of all his writings published before 1881 (including royalties), while he himself renounces his rights to virtually all his later writings
May 21, 1883 - Tula - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
May 25, 1883 - Samara farmstead - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 29, 1883 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 30, 1883 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
October 1(?), 1883 - Moscow - First meeting with Vladimir Chertkov in Moscow
November 10, 1883 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna

Leo Tolstoy, 1884

January(?) 1(?), 1884 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Publication of "What I believe"
July 18, 1884 - Yasnaya Polyana - Daughter Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya is born
December 12, 1884 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofia Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1885 - While in Yasnaya Polyana - Following Tolstoy's initiative, Chertkov organizes and finances a publishing house specialized in the release of art and moralizing literature for people
February 22, 1885 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
July 15, 1885 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Timofej Mikhajlovich Bondarev
October 12, 1885 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
November 20, 1885 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1886 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Publication of the non-fiction work "What is to be done?" and the novel "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
April 9, 1886 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1888 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Son Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy is born
February 2, 1888 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to P.I.Birjukov
March 24, 1889 - Spasskoye, E. of Tula - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
April 29, 1890 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Fëdor Alekseevich Zheltov
June 12, 1890 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Letter from writer Ivan Bunin
January(?) 1(?), 1891 - Samara - Organising famine relief in Samara
April 1, 1891 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January 1(?), 1894 - Moscow - Meets Ivan Bunin
May 23, 1894 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Fëdor Alekseevich Zheltov
January(?) 1(?), 1895 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Son Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy dies, aged 7
April 26, 1895 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 10, 1895 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Letter to Morrison Davidson
November 2, 1895 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1896 - Yasnaya Polyana - Tolstoy begins writing the short novel "Hadji Murat"
January 12, 1896 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Ernest Crosby
September 26, 1896 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
November 12, 1896 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Timofej Mikhajlovich Bondarev
January(?) 1(?), 1897 - While in Yasnaya Polyana - Vladimir Chertkov departs for England
May 12, 1897 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
March 22, 1898 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 11, 1898 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Timofej Mikhajlovich Bondarev
September 18, 1898 - Yasnaya Polyana - Last letter to Timofej Mikhajlovich Bondarev
October 19, 1898 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
February 15, 1899 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 27, 1899 - Moscow - Letter to his brother Sergej
December 31, 1900 - Moscow - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January 20, 1901 - Moscow - Letter to Pëtr Vasil'evich Verigin
February 1(?), 1901 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church
March 15, 1901 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Tolstoy writes the article "To the Tsar and his associates"
September 1(?), 1901 - Yalta, Crimea - Tolstoy arrives at Countess Panina's estate in Yalta to live for a few months
January(?) 1(?), 1902 - Yalta, Crimea - Letter describing and denouncing Nicholas II's activities in China
February 2, 1902 - Yalta, Crimea - Letter on Religious relation to Life
April 22, 1902 - Sevastopol - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
July 25, 1902 - Sevastopol - Photographed in Sevastopol
October 8, 1903 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January(?) 1(?), 1904 - Yasnaya Polyana(?) - Tolstoy finishes writing the short novel "Hadji Murat"
August 14, 1904 - Pirogovo - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
January 16, 1905 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
November 6, 1905 - Yasnaya Polyana - Daughter Tanya, nearly 40-years-old, gives birth to a living, normal child
November 27, 1906 - Yasnaya Polyana - Daughter Masha dies of pneumonia
April 4, 1907 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 4, 1907 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to M.P.Novikov
July 1(?), 1908 - Yasnaya Polyana - Vladimir Chertkov returns to Russia, following a pardon granted by the Tsar to all political exiles in 1905)
December 14, 1908 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Tarak Nakh Das, known as "A Letter to a Hindu"
January(?) 1(?), 1909 - Yasnaya Polyana - Tolstoy leaves all his copyrights in the control of Chertkov and his youngest daughter Sasha (Sonya is furious)
June 23, 1909 - Kochety estate, 30km E. of Orel - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
October 7, 1909 - Yasnaya Polyana - Begins a correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi
May 8, 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Mahatma Gandhi

Leo Tolstoy, 1908

July 14, 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 1, 1910 - Kochety estate, 30km E. of Orel - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 7, 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to Mahatma Gandhi
September 11, 1910 - Kochety estate, 30km E. of Orel - Letter to Sofya Andreevna
September 20(?), 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Sonya enters into Tolstoy’s study with a child’s cap pistol and shoots Chertkov’s picture, which she then tears into pieces and flushes down the toilet. When Tolstoy comes into the room, she fires the pistol again, just to frighten him. Diary: "Another day, Sonya shrieked, “I shall kill Chertkov! I’ll have him poisoned! It’s either him or me!"
October 3, 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Tolstoy suffers violent convulsions. After five convulsions, he falls asleep
October 10(?), 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Tolstoy receives a letter from Chertkov and refuses to let Sonya see it. Sonya flies into a rage and renews her accusations about the secret will. “Not only does her behavior toward me fail to express her love, but its evident object is to kill me"
October 24, 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Letter to M.P.Novikov
October 28, 1910 - Yasnaya Polyana - Tolstoy awakes to the sound of Sonya riffling through his desk drawers. He couldn't take it anymore. Accompanied by his doctor, Dr.Makovitsky, Tolstoy boards a train heading south to live his last days. He leaves a letter to his wife: "Do not seek me. I feel that I must retire from the trouble of life. Perpetual guests, perpetual visits and visitors, perpetual cinematograph operators, beset me at Yasnaya Polyana, and poison my life. I want to recover from the trouble of the world. It is necessary for my soul and my body which have lived 82 years upon this earth"
October 29, 1910 - Shamardino Convent - After a 26 hours journey, Tolstoy reaches Shamardino Convent, where his sister Maria was a nun. He decides to spend the remainder of his life there
October 31, 1910 - Shamardino Convent - Sasha arrives and together with Dr.Makovitsky convince a feverish Tolstoy to run away to the Caucasus by train
November 1, 1910 - Astapovo - Too ill to travel, Tolstoy is taken into the train station of Astapovo
November 2, 1910 - Astapovo - Sonya arrives at Astapovo but is not allowed to enter the stationmaster's house
November 7, 1910 - Astapovo - Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy dies of pneumonia at Astapovo train station, aged 82 =(END)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Timeline

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; 7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. He was honored in 1884 by Tsar Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension. (Intro from Wikipedia)

May 7, 1840 - Votkinsk, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is born

January 9, 1842 - Votkinsk - Sister Aleksandra is born

April 22, 1843 - Votkinsk - Brother Ippolit is born

November 1(?), 1844 - Votkinsk - Tchaikovsky family hires Fanny Dürbach, a 22-year-old french governess. Pyotr becomes attached to her reportedly as a counter to his mother's coldness and emotional distance from him

January(?) 1(?), 1845 - Votkinsk - Pyotr begins piano lessons with Mariya Palchikova

January(?) 1(?), 1846 - Votkinsk - Pyotr becomes fluent in french and german

September 1(?), 1848 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky family moves to Moscow. Fanny Dürbach leaves her position as governess

November 1(?), 1848 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky family moves to Saint-Petersburg. Pyotr is sent to a boarding school, with music lessons with a private teacher

May 1(?), 1849 - Alapayevsk, Ural Mountains - Tchaikovsky family moves to Alapayevsk in the Ural Mountains

May 13, 1850 - Alapayevsk - Twin brothers Anatoly and Modest are born

September 3, 1850 - Alapayevsk(?) - Attends a production of Mikhail Glinka's opera "A Life for the Tsar" which deeply impacts him

September 15(?), 1850 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr is sent to the Imperial School of Jurisprudence's preparatory school
October 1(?), 1850 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr sees a production of Adolphe Adam's ballet "Giselle"
June 1(?), 1851 - Nadino, near Saint-Petersburg - Summer holidays at Nadino
September 1(?), 1851 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit from his father
May 1(?), 1852 - Saint-Petersburg - His family moves from Alapayevsk to join him in Saint-Petersburg
April 1(?), 1853 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr is transfered to the Imperial School of Jurisprudence to begin a 7-year course of studies. He becomes active in the School's choir
June 25, 1854 - Saint-Petersburg - His mother, Alexandra Andreyevna, dies of cholera, leaving him with a trauma for the rest of his life
August 27, 1854 - Oranienbaum (Lomonosov, near Saint-Petersburg) - Writes his first piece, "Anastasie-Valse"
January(?) 1(?), 1855 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky's father funds private lessons with Rudolph Kündinger. While impressed with the boy's talent, Kündinger says he sees nothing to suggest a future composer or performer
January(?) 1(?), 1856 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr meets the italian singer and teacher, Luigi Piccioli, who recognizes the young man's musical talent and later influences him
October(?) 1(?), 1858 - Saint-Petersburg - First attempt at conducting the school choir, at the request of singing master Gavryl Lomakin
May 25, 1859 - Saint-Petersburg - 19-year-old Tchaikovsky graduates as a titular counselor
June 15, 1859 - Saint-Petersburg - Appointed to the Ministry of Justice in Saint-Petersburg
December 15(?), 1859 - Saint-Petersburg - Becomes a junior assistant
February 15(?), 1860 - Saint-Petersburg - Becomes a senior assistant
July(?) 1(?), 1860 - Imatra, Finland - Summer at Imatra, Finland
November 18, 1860 - Saint-Petersburg - His sister Aleksandra marries Lev Davydov and moves to her husband's family estate at Kam'yanka, Ukraine
April(?) 1(?), 1861 - Saint-Petersburg - Indulges in many homosexual escapades
July 18, 1861 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
July 22, 1861 - Hamburg, Germany - Arrives for a six-day stay in Hamburg
July 29, 1861 - Antwerp - Arrives in Antwerp
August 1, 1861 - Brussels - Brief stop in Brussels on his way from Antwerp to Ostend
August 3, 1861 - Ostende - Arrives in Ostende for a 5-day stay
August 8, 1861 - London - Arrives in London
August 14, 1861 - London | Paris - Departs from London. Arrives in Paris
September 30(?), 1861 - Paris - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
October(?) 5(?), 1861 - Saint-Petersburg - Attends Russian Musical Society classes in music theory
January(?) 1(?), 1862 - Saint-Petersburg - The Saint-Petersburg Conservatory opens. Tchaikovsky enrolls at the Conservatory as part of its premiere class. "Mezza Notte" becomes his first published composition

Tchaikovsky, 1863

April 23, 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky abandons his civil servant career =(START)
May 28, 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Attends a performance of Aleksandr Serov's opera "Judith"
July(?) 1(?), 1863 - Pavlodar - Stays with Aleksey Apukhtin at Pavlodar
September(?) 1(?), 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Begins composition classes with Anton Rubinstein
December(?) 1(?), 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Starts giving private piano lessons
June 1(?), 1864 - Trostianets, Ukraine - Visit to Ukraine, staying in Trostianets. He begins writing the overture "The Storm"
August 1(?), 1864 - Trostianets - Tchaikovsky completes the Overture "The Storm" Op.posth.76
October(?) 1(?), 1864 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets composer Aleksandr Serov. Anatoly and Modest learn of Tchaikovsky's homosexuality
June 1(?), 1865 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs. Begins writing "Scherzo à la russe", "Overture in C Minor" and translates F.A.Gevaert's "Handbook for intrumentation"
August 1(?), 1865 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Moscow (via Kiev)
September 4, 1865 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Visit to Saint Sofia's Cathedral
September 9, 1865 - Kiev - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
September 11, 1865 - Pavlovsk Park, near Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky's "Characteristic Dances" is conducted by Johann Strauss II at a concert in Pavlovsk Park
November 11, 1865 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Ouverture in F major, conducted by Tchaikovsky at Mikhaylovsy Palace
December 1(?), 1865 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky graduates from Saint-Petersburg Conservatory. Nikolai Rubinstein offers him the post of Professor of Music Theory at the soon-to-open Moscow Conservatory. He accepts the post eagerly
January 10, 1866 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the cantata "Ode to Joy" at the Saint-Petersburg Conservatory graduation examinations. Tchaikovsky earns a silver medal
January 19, 1866 - Moscow - Becomes teacher of musical Theory in the classes of the Moscow branch of the Russian Musical Society
March 16, 1866 - Moscow - Premiere of the revised Overture in F major in Moscow
May 1(?), 1866 - Peterhof, Saint-Petersburg - Summer with his family. Tchaikovsky begins writing his First Symphony
August 30(?), 1866 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg to ask for the opinion of his former teachers, Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Zaremba. They refuse to perform any of the symphony
September 5(?), 1866 - Moscow - Nikolay Rubinstein commissions Tchaikovsky to compose a Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem to be played for the visit of the Tsarevich to Moscow, accompanied by his new Danish bride, Princess Dagmar of Denmark
September 13, 1866 - Moscow - Becomes employed at the new Moscow Conservatory, with Nikolay Rubinstein as its director
December 20(?), 1866 - Saint-Petersburg - Despite his former teacher's opinions, Tchaikovsky finishes his Symphony No.1 before Christmas with modifications requested by them
February 10, 1867 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem"
February 23, 1867 - Moscow - The adagio and Scherzo of his First symphony are played at a Russian Musical Society concert, with no success
March 1(?), 1867 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky begins writing the opera "The Voyevoda"
June 1(?), 1867 - Imatra, Finland - Visit to Imatra, Finland
June 10(?), 1867 - Vyborg, Finland - Visit to Vyborg, Finland
June 15(?), 1867 - Haapsalu, Estonia - Stays with the Davydovs at Haapsalu, Estonia
August 26, 1867 - Haapsalu, Estonia - Departs from Haapsalu
October 1(?), 1867 - Kuntsevo, near Moscow - Day trip at Kuntsevo
December 1(?), 1867 - Moscow - Meets Hector Berlioz, who conducts two concerts in Moscow
December 22, 1867 - Moscow - The scherzo is performed at a Moscow concert of the Russian Musical Society
February 15, 1868 - Moscow - Premiere of his Symphony No.1 in G minor Op.13. A great success!
March 2, 1868 - Moscow - Conducts "Characteristic Dances" at a charity concert
April 1(?), 1868 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets Aleksandr Borodin during a trip to Saint-Petersburg
June 1(?), 1868 - Berlin, Germany - Visit to Berlin
June 20(?), 1868 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
August 1(?), 1868 - Paris - Departs from Paris
August 5(?), 1868 - Sillamäe, Estonia - Spends August with his brothers and Davydov family. Tchaikovsky finishes writing the opera "The Voyevoda"
September 1(?), 1868 - Moscow - Becomes romantically involved with opera singer Désirée Artôt
October 1(?), 1868 - Moscow - Begins writing the symphonic poem "Fatum"
December 1(?), 1868 - Moscow - Completes the symphonic poem "Fatum"
February 11, 1869 - Moscow - Premiere of the opera "The Voyevoda" Op.3
February 27, 1869 - Moscow - Premiere of the symphonic poem "Fatum", conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein
March 29, 1869 - While in Moscow - The Symphonic poem "Fatum" is performed in Saint-Petersburg, conducted by Balakirev
June 1(?), 1869 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs, specially to attend his brother Ippolit's wedding
July 1(?), 1869 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
September 15, 1869 - While in Moscow(?) - Désirée Artôt marries another man, the spanish baritone Mariano Padilla y Ramos
March 16, 1870 - Moscow - First performance of "Romeo and Juliet", conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein
May 30(?), 1870 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
June 1(?), 1870 - Paris - Visits his sick friend Vladimir Shilovsky in Paris
June 5(?), 1870 - Paris - Departs from Paris
June 13, 1870 - Soden, Germany - Arrives at Soden
June 20(?), 1870 - Soden | Mannheim, Germany - Travels to Mannheim to attend the Beethoven centennial festival
July(?) 1(?), 1870 - Wiesbaden - Visit to his friend Nikolay Rubinstein
July 17, 1870 - Soden, Germany - Departs from Soden
July 22, 1870 - Interlaken, Switzerland - Flees to Switzerland following the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War
August 1(?), 1870 - Munich, Germany - Passing through Munich on his way to Saint-Petersburg
August 20(?), 1870 - Vienna, Austria - Passing through Vienna on his way to Saint-Petersburg
September 11, 1870 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Modest Tchaikovsky
September 16, 1870 - Moscow - Letter to Anatoly Tchaikovsky
March 28, 1871 - Moscow - Concert in Moscow
June 1(?), 1871 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs
July 10(?), 1871 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at the family estate of his friend Nikolay Kondratyev at Nizy
August 15(?), 1871 - Usovo - Visit to Usovo
December 20(?), 1871 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
December 30(?), 1871 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
January 1(?), 1872 - Nice, France - Visit to Nice with Vladimir Shilovsky
January 3, 1872 - Nice - Departs from Nice
January 5(?), 1872 - Paris - Departs from Paris
January 10(?), 1872 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin
February 1(?), 1872 - Genoa, Italy - Passing through Genoa on his way back to Russia
February 2(?), 1872 - Vienna, Austria - Passing through Vienna on his way back to Russia
February 17, 1872 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the second version of "Romeo and Juliet", conducted by Eduard Nápravník
March 1(?), 1872 - Moscow - Commissioned to write the Cantata for the opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition in Moscow
June 12, 1872 - Moscow - Premiere of the Cantata for the opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition in Moscow
June 13, 1872 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs
July 14, 1872 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Nizy (via Kiev)
July 15, 1872 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Visit to Saint Sofia's Cathedral
July 17, 1872 - Kiev - Departs to Nizy
July 18, 1872 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Returns to Nizy
July 28, 1872 - Nizy - Departs to Usovo
July 29, 1872 - Vorozhba - While on his way from Nizy to Usovo, he looses his wallet at Vorozhba. He manages to continue his journey once the wallet is found
August 1(?), 1872 - Usovo - Arrives at Usovo. Completes his Symphony No.2
August 26, 1872 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
January 7, 1873 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky plays the finale of his Second Symphony at Rimsky-Korsakov's house
February 7, 1873 - Moscow - Premiere of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17
March 7, 1873 - While in Moscow(?) - Premiere of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17 in Saint-Petersburg, conducted by Eduard Nápravník
April 9, 1873 - Moscow - Performance of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17
May 27, 1873 - Moscow - Performance of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17
June(?) 1(?), 1873 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Stop at Nizy on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
June 30, 1873 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Arrives at Kam'yanka to spend a week before travelling to western Europe
July 8, 1873 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 9, 1873 - Birzula (Podilsk, Ukraine) - Passing by Birzula on his way to Breslau, Germany
July 10, 1873 - Myslowitz (Mysłowice, Poland) - Passing by Myslowitz on his way to Breslau, Germany
July 12, 1873 - Breslau, Germany - Overnight stay in Breslau
July 13, 1873 - Dresden, Germany - Arrives in Dresden
July 18, 1873 - Cologne, Germany - Overnight stay in Cologne while travelling between Dresden and Zurich
July 21, 1873 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Arrives in Lucerne by steamship
July 22, 1873 - Berne, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Berne, on his way to Vienna
July 25, 1873 - Montreux, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Montreux, on his way to Vienna
July 26, 1873 - Vevey, Switzerland - Two-days at Vevey
July 28, 1873 - Geneva, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Geneva, on his way to Turin
July 30, 1873 - Milan | Como, Italy - Passing through Milan. Visit to Como
August 2, 1873 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
August 8(?), 1873 - Paris - Departs from Paris
August 15(?), 1873 - Usovo - Arrives at Usovo. Works on the fantasia "The Tempest"
September(?) 1(?), 1873 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
December 19, 1873 - Moscow - Premiere of "The Tempest" in Moscow

Tchaikovsky, 1874

March 22, 1874 - Moscow - Premiere of the "String Quartet No.2" in Moscow
April 24, 1874 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "The Oprichnik" at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
April 29, 1874 - Venice, Italy - Visit to Venice
April 30, 1874 - Rome, Italy - Visit to Rome
May 2, 1874 - Rome | Naples - Departs from Rome and reaches Naples
May 6, 1874 - Pozzuoli, Italy - Visit to Pozzuoli
May 7, 1874 - Naples, Italy - Departs from Naples
May 8, 1874 - Pompeii, Italy - Visit to Pompeii
May 9, 1874 - Florence, Italy - Arrives in Florence
May 15(?), 1874 - Florence - Departs from Florence
June 14, 1874 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at Nizy. Begins writing his opera "Vakula the Smith"
July 22(?), 1874 - Nizy - Departs to Usovo
July 25(?), 1874 - Usovo - Returns to Usovo
September 2, 1874 - Usovo - Completes the Opera "Vakula the Smith"
September 5(?), 1874 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
December 20, 1874 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev for the production of his opera "The Oprichnik"
December 23, 1874 - Kiev - Departs from Kiev
January 5, 1875 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky finishes his Piano Concerto No.1 and show his work to his friend Nikolai Hubert and Rubinstein, who detests the music
May 1(?), 1875 - Moscow - Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, director of the Moscow Imperial Theatres, commissions the score of "Swan Lake" from Tchaikovsky
May 12, 1875 - Moscow - Letter to Anatoly Tchaikovsky: "All my thoughts are now intent upon my beloved child, darling Vakula the Smith. You would not imagine how I love him! It seems to me that I will positively go mad if I don't succeed with him"
June(?) 1(?), 1875 - Usovo - Arrives at Usovo
June 17, 1875 - Usovo - Begins writing his Symphony No.3
July 2, 1875 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
July 14, 1875 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at Nizy to work on his Symphony No.3
July 27, 1875 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
August 20(?), 1875 - Usovo - Spending a few days at Usovo
October 25, 1875 - While in Usovo - Hans von Bülow gives the premiere of the Piano Concerto No.1 in Boston, United States
November 13, 1875 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of his Piano Concerto No.1 in Saint-Petersburg. Tchaikovsky says that pianist Gustav Kross reduced the work to "an atrocious cacophony"
November 19, 1875 - Moscow - Premiere of his Symphony No.3 in Moscow
November 20(?), 1875 - Moscow - Meets Camille Saint-Saëns in Moscow
December 30(?), 1875 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
January 10(?), 1876 - Geneva, Switzerland - Arrives in Geneva to say with his sister Aleksandra
January 15, 1876 - Geneva | Paris - Departs from Geneva. Arrives in Paris. Attends Bizet's "Carmen" and is greatly impressed
January 23, 1876 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin from Paris
January 28, 1876 - Moscow - Premiere of the Sérénade Mélancolique
March 30, 1876 - Moscow - Premiere of the String Quartet No.3
April 9, 1876 - Glebovo - Arrives at Glebovo to work on his ballet "Swan Lake"
April 24, 1876 - Glebovo - Tchaikovsky completes the ballet "Swan Lake". Departs from Glebovo
May 6, 1876 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Chorus for the Jubilee of Osip Petrov in Saint-Petersburg
June 9, 1876 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Returns to Nizy to stay with Nikolay Kondratyev
June 14, 1876 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Nizy to Kam'yanka
June 16, 1876 - Kam'yanka - Visit to Kam'yanka, however, he is unable to work because of fever
June 30, 1876 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 2, 1876 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna
July 8, 1876 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
July 9, 1876 - Lyon, France - Arrives in Lyon to visit Modest
July 13, 1876 - Vichy, France - Travels to Vichy, for the cure
July 24, 1876 - Lyon - Returns to Lyon for two more days
August(?) 1(?), 1876 - Avignon, France - Passes through Avignon while on his way from Lyon to Montpellier
August(?) 2(?), 1876 - Montpellier, France - Arrives at Montpellier
August 10, 1876 - Paris - Departs to Bayreuth
August 12, 1876 - Bayreuth, Germany - Attends the Premiere of Wagner's "Ring Cycle" in Bayreuth. Meets Franz Liszt
August 18, 1876 - Bayreuth, Germany - Departs from Bayreuth
August 19, 1876 - Nuremberg, Germany - Passing through Nuremberg
August 20, 1876 - Vienna, Austria - Overnight stop in Vienna on his return to Russia
August 24, 1876 - Verbovka (Verbivka, S. of Cherkasy) - Arrives at Verbovka to complete his Symphony No.3
September 10(?), 1876 - Usovo - Visiting Usovo to borrow money from Vladimir Shilovsky
September 20, 1876 - Verbovka - Departs from Verbovka
November 17, 1876 - Moscow - Premiere of the Slavonic March in Moscow
December 6, 1876 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Opera "Vakula the Smith" Op.14
December 15(?), 1876 - Moscow - Meets Leo Tolstoy in Moscow
December 30, 1876 - Moscow - Sends the first letter to Nadezhda von Meck, and their solely epistolary friendship begins
January 5, 1877 - Moscow - Letter to Leo Tolstoy
February 25, 1877 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - Conducts his Slavonic March
March 4, 1877 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - Premiere of the ballet "Swan Lake" Op.20
March 9, 1877 - Moscow - Premiere of Francesca da Rimini
April 7, 1877 - Moscow - Letter from Antonina Milyukova
June 1, 1877 - Moscow - Meets Antonina Milyukova for the first time
June 4, 1877 - Moscow - Proposes marriage to Antonina Milyukova
June 10, 1877 - Glebovo - Arrives at Glebovo to work on his opera "Yevgeny Onegin"
July 7, 1877 - Glebovo - Departs from Glebovo
July 18, 1877 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky marries Antonina Miliukova
July 19, 1877 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky and Antonina arrive in Saint-Petersburg for their honeymoon
July 26, 1877 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky and Antonina return to Moscow
August 9, 1877 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev after leaving his wife back in Moscow
August 11, 1877 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Works on orchestrations of his Fourth Symphony and the opera "Yevgeny Onegin"
September 20, 1877 - Kam'yanka | Kiev - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Kiev to hear Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Kiev Opera
September 24, 1877 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
October 1(?), 1877 - While in Moscow(?) - Nadezhda von Meck offers him a regular allowance, which gives him financial independence
October 6, 1877 - Moscow - End of his marriage to Antonina Milyukova
October 16, 1877 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
October 19, 1877 - Berlin - Departs from Berlin
October 20, 1877 - Geneva, Switzerland - Reaches Geneva on his way to Clarens
October 22, 1877 - Geneva - Travels to Clarens with Anatoly
November 13, 1877 - Clarens, Switzerland - Departs to Rome
November 16, 1877 - Florence, Italy - Two-day stop in Florence on his way to Rome
November 19, 1877 - Rome, Italy - Tchaikovsky waits the arrival of his sketches for "Symphony No.4" which he accidentally left in Moscow
November 22, 1877 - Rome - Departs from Rome
November 23, 1877 - Venice - Arrives in Venice
November 30, 1877 - While in Venice - Premiere of the Variations on a Rococo theme in Moscow
December 1, 1877 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna with Iosif Kotek. Works on his Symphony No.4
December 12, 1877 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
December 14, 1877 - Venice, Italy - Returns to Venice
December 28, 1877 - Venice | Milan - Departs from Venice. Attends a performance of Filippo Marchetti's opera "Ruy Blas" in Milan
December 31, 1877 - San Remo - Arrives at San Remo
January 7, 1878 - San Remo - Departs from San Remo
January 8, 1878 - Milan, Italy - Attends the premiere of Gounod's opera "Cinq-Mars" at La Scala
January 10, 1878 - Genoa, Italy - Overnight stay in Genoa on his way from Milan to San Remo
January 12, 1878 - San Remo - Returns to San Remo. Completes his Symphony No.4 and "Yevgeny Onegin"
January 25, 1878 - While in San Remo - His sister Zinayda dies
February 3, 1878 - Nice, France - Arrives at Nice for a two days stay
February 6, 1878 - Genoa - Arrives in Genoa
February 14, 1878 - Monaco - Overnight stay in Monaco as guest of russian pianist Mikhail Azanchevsky
February 19, 1878 - Pisa, Italy - Arrives in Pisa with Modest
February 21, 1878 - Florence - Arrives in Florence with Modest
February 22, 1878 - While in Florence - Premiere of his Symphony No.4
March 7, 1878 - Florence - Departs to Clarens
March 9, 1878 - Clarens, Switzerland - Arrives at Clarens with Modest
April 11, 1878 - Clarens - Writes the "Violin Concerto"
April 17, 1878 - Clarens - Departs to Kam'yanka
April 18, 1878 - Lausanne - Overnight stay on his way back from Clarens to Kam'yanka
April 20, 1878 - Vienna, Austria - Overnight stay on his way back from Clarens to Kam'yanka
April 23, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Reaches Kam'yanka. Tchaikovsky begins writing the "Children's Album", the "12 Pieces" and his "Grand Sonata"
May 24, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Brailov, via Kiev
May 25, 1878 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
May 29, 1878 - Kiev | Brailov (Brailiv, SW of Vinnytsia, Ukraine) - Departs to Brailov and reaches Nadezhda von Meck's estate in the same day
May 30, 1878 - Brailov - Letter to Aleksandra Davydova: "I am living in a palace in the literal sense of the word...", "the furnishings are luxurious, apart from polite and affectionately obliging servants I see no human figures and no-one comes to make my acquaintance, the strolls are charming, and at my disposal I have carriages, horses, a library, several pianos, a harmonium, a mass of sheet music—in a word, what could be better?"
June 11, 1878 - Brailov - Departs from Brailov
June 17, 1878 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at Nizy with his brother Anatoly
June 22, 1878 - Nizy - Departs to Kam'yanka
June 23, 1878 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Nizy to Kam'yanka
June 25, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on piano pieces
July 8, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 16, 1878 - Verbovka (Verbivka, S. of Cherkasy) - Arrives at Verbovka. Completes the "Grand Sonata", "Children's Album", "12 pieces Op.40", "Six Romances Op.38" and "Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom"
August 17, 1878 - Verbovka - Departs from Verbovka
August 18, 1878 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Verbovka to Nizy
August 23, 1878 - Brailov - Arrives at Brailov to work on his "Suite No.1"
August 29, 1878 - Brailov - Departs from Brailov
August 31, 1878 - Verbovka (Verbivka, S. of Cherkasy) - Arrives at Verbovka to continue working on his "Suite No.1"
September 9, 1878 - Verbovka - Departs to Kiev, via Fastov (Fastiv)
September 10, 1878 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev to attend a performance of Verdi's "Aida" at the Kiev Opera
September 15(?), 1878 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow Conservatory to resume teaching
November 1(?), 1878 - Moscow - Tenders his resignation from the Moscow Conservatory on health grounds
November 16, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to work on the "Suite No.1"
November 27, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Departs for Italy
November 29, 1878 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna
December 1, 1878 - Vienna - Continues voyage to Italy
December 2, 1878 - Florence - Settles in Florence. Begins working on "The Maid of Orléans"
December 20, 1878 - While in Florence - Premiere of the "Sérénade Mélancolique Op.26" and "Valse-Scherzo" in Paris
December 28, 1878 - Florence - Departs from Florence
December 30, 1878 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
January 9, 1879 - Dijon, France - On his way from Paris to Clarens, Tchaikovsky takes shelter from a snowstorm in Dijon
January 11, 1879 - Clarens, Switzerland - Arrives at Clarens to work on the opera "The Maid of Orléans"
January 29, 1879 - Geneva - Day trip to Geneva, where he attends a concert
February 16, 1879 - Clarens - Departs from Clarens
February 18, 1879 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
March 12, 1879 - Paris - Departs from Paris
March 14, 1879 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin
March 19, 1879 - Berlin - Departs from Berlin
March 25(?), 1879 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
March 29, 1879 - Moscow - Premiere of "Yevgeny Onegin" in Moscow
April 21, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to continue work on the "Suite No.1" and the opera "The Maid of Orleans"
May 15, 1879 - Kam'yanka | Brailov (Brailiv, SW of Vinnytsia, Ukraine) - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Brailov in the same day
May 25, 1879 - Brailov - Departs to Kam'yanka, via Fastov (Fastiv)
May 26, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "The Maid of Orleans"
July 2, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 4, 1879 - Nizy - Arrives at Nizy to attend his old friend Nikolay Bochechkarov (who would die in August 25th)
July 18, 1879 - Nizy - Departs to Kam'yanka
July 19, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "The Maid of Orleans"
August 19, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
August 20, 1879 - Somaky, Ukraine - Arrives at Somaky
September 11, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka. Begins writing his "Piano Concerto No.2"
October 5, 1879 - Kharkiv - On his way from Moscow to Grankino, he stops overnight in Kharkiv to attends a production of "Faust"
October 6, 1879 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate
October 11, 1879 - Grankino - Departs to Kam'yanka
November 5, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
November 10(?), 1879 - Moscow - Returns briefly to the Conservatory of Moscow in the Autumn
November 23, 1879 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
November 25, 1879 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
December 17, 1879 - Paris - Departs from Paris
December 19, 1879 - Turin, Italy - Overnight Stay on his way from Paris to Rome
December 20, 1879 - Rome, Italy - Arrives in Rome for an extended stay
January 2, 1880 - Rome - Letter to Vasily Bessel about his Second symphony: "1. I have composed the first movement afresh, leaving only the introduction and coda in their previous form. 2. I have rescored the second movement. 3. I've altered the third movement, shortening and rescoring it. 4. I've shortened the finale and rescored it"
January 16, 1880 - Rome - Letter to Sergei Taneyev about his Second Symphony: "This movement [the first] has come out compressed, short, and is not difficult. If the epithet 'impossible' applies to anything, it is this first movement in its original form. My God! How difficult, noisy, disjointed and muddle-headed this is!"
January 21, 1880 - While in Rome - Ilya Tchaikovsky, his father, dies
February 6, 1880 - Rome - Letter to Vasily Bessel
March 9, 1880 - Vatican, Rome - Visit to the Vatican before departing from Rome: "I sat for a long time in the Sistine Chapel—an absolute miracle. For almost the first time in my life I was enraptured by the art of painting"
March 11, 1880 - Paris - Meets his old friend Nikolay Kondratyev
March 14, 1880 - Paris - Departs from Paris
March 15, 1880 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin
March 19, 1880 - Berlin - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
March 21(?), 1880 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Russia
April 25, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Completes the "Italian Capriccio" and "Piano Concerto No.2"
July 14, 1880 - Kam'yanka | Brailov - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Brailov in the same day
July 20, 1880 - Somaky - Arrives at Somaky
August 10, 1880 - Somaky - Departs from Somaky
August 12, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka
August 18, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Tchaikovsky writes the "Seven Romances Op.47", the "Overture 1812" and the "Serenade for String Orchestra"
September 10, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Tchaikovsky rewrites the ending of "Romeo and Juliet" and gives the pieve the subtitle "Overture-Fantasia"
November 20, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
December 18, 1880 - Moscow - Hears the premiere of the "Italian Capriccio"
January 3, 1881 - Kiev - Visit to the theatre of Kiev, on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
January 5, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to spend Christmas with his family
January 18, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
February 12, 1881 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of his revised Symphony No.2 in C minor Op.17, in Saint-Petersburg, under the direction of Karl Zike
February 25, 1881 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "The Maid of Orléans" in Saint-Petersburg
February 26, 1881 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs for Vienna
February 27, 1881 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Stop at Vilnius on his way to Vienna, to send a telegram to Nadezhda von Meck
February 28, 1881 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna. Visit to the Vienna State Opera and the Orpheum
March 2, 1881 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
March 4, 1881 - Rome - Arrives at Rome to stay with Nikolay Kondratyev and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich
March 12, 1881 - Naples, Italy - Arrives in Naples
March 21, 1881 - Nice, France - Arrives in Nice
March 23, 1881 - Nice - Learns of Nikolay Rubinstein's death in Paris
March 25, 1881 - Paris - Attends Nikolay Rubinstein's funeral in Paris
April 2, 1881 - Paris - Departs from Paris
May 11, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka. Tchaikovsky begins writing his "All-Night Vigil"
August 2, 1881 - Kiev - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Kiev
August 6, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue work on his "All-Night Vigil"
September 20, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
September 23(?), 1881 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
October 14, 1881 - Kiev - Visit to the Kiev Opera on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
October 17, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka
November 16, 1881 - Kiev - Attends the marriage of his niece Vera Davydova to Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
November 22, 1881 - Kiev - Departs to Italy
November 25, 1881 - Vienna, Austria - Overnight stay on his way to Rome
November 27, 1881 - Venice, Italy - Three-day stay in Venice
November 30, 1881 - Florence, Italy - Overnight stay on his way from Venice to Rome
December 2, 1881 - Rome, Italy - Arrives in Rome. Tchaikovsky begins writing the "Trio in A Minor" Op.50 and works on the Opera "Mazepa"
January 25, 1882 - Rome - Tchaikovsky finishes writing the "Trio in A Minor" Op.50. Letter to Nadezhda von Meck
February 22, 1882 - Pozzuoli, Italy - Arrives at Pozzuoli
March 4, 1882 - Naples - Returns to Naples
March 9, 1882 - Herculaneum, Italy - Visit to Herculaneum
March 12, 1882 - Pompeii, Italy - Visit to Pompeii
March 23, 1882 - Sorrento - Arrives at Sorrento
March 28, 1882 - Florence - Stops for three days in Florence on his way from Sorrento to Vienna
April 5, 1882 - Warsaw - Stop in Warsaw on his return from Vienna to Moscow
April 8(?), 1882 - Moscow - Returns to Russia
May 6, 1882 - Kiev - Overnight stay on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
May 8, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Begins work on his opera "Mazepa"
June 15, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
June 18, 1882 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate
June 19, 1882 - While in Grankino - Premiere of "All-Night Vigil" in Moscow
August 5, 1882 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino
August 7, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "Mazepa"
August 17, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
August 20, 1882 - Moscow - Premiere of the "1812 Overture" conducted by Ippolit Al'Tani in Moscow
September 1, 1882 - Kiev - Overnight stay on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
September 2, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka. Writes "Six Pieces Op.51"
October 2, 1882 - Kiev - Visiting Kiev. Meeting with his publisher
October 8, 1882 - Kiev - Visit to the brother's monastery
October 10, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "Mazepa"
November 24, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Moscow, via Kiev
November 28, 1882 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Revises "The Maid of Orleans"
December 4, 1882 - Moscow - Arrives in Moscow
January 10, 1883 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin. Attends a performance of Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde"
January 14, 1883 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
March 3, 1883 - While in Paris - Premiere of the revised Symphony No.1 in Moscow
May 8, 1883 - Paris - Cares for his niece, Tatyana Davydova, who gives birth to an illegitimate child
May 16, 1883 - Sens, France - Arrives at Sens
May 23, 1883 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin. Attends a performance of "Lohengrin"
May 27, 1883 - Moscow - Premiere of the coronation cantata "Moscow" for the coronation of Tsar Alexander III
June 4, 1883 - Moscow - Premiere of the Coronation March at the coronation of Alexander III
September 16, 1883 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
October 17, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to continue work on his "Suite No.2"
October 25, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
October 26, 1883 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Corrects his "Symphony No.1"
October 31, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to work on the "Sixteen songs for Children, Op.54"
November 28, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
December 1, 1883 - Moscow - Performance of his Symphony No.1 in G minor Op.13 under the baton of Max Erdmannsdörfer
February 15, 1884 - Moscow - Premiere of "Mazepa" in Moscow
February 16, 1884 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Suite No.2"
February 18, 1884 - Moscow - Departs for Paris
February 19, 1884 - Berlin - Passing through Berlin on his way to Paris
February 21, 1884 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
February 24, 1884 - Paris - Attends the christening of Georges-Léon
March 12, 1884 - Paris - Departs from Paris
March 14(?), 1884 - Vienna, Austria - Passing through Vienna on his way back from Paris to Saint-Petersburg
March 19, 1884 - Gatchina, near Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky is summoned to Gatchina for an audience with Tsar Alexander III, who confers on him the Order of Saint Vladimir
April 24, 1884 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Begins writing his "Suite No.3"
June 20, 1884 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
June 21, 1884 - Kharkiv - Meets with Modest Tchaikovsky and Nikolay Konradi
June 23, 1884 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Departs from Kharkiv and reaches Grankino estate
August 1, 1884 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino estate
August 3, 1884 - Skabeyevka, Ukraine - Arrives at Skabeyevka to stay at his brother Anatoly's dacha
September 8, 1884 - Skabeyevka - Departs from Skabeyevka
October 1(?), 1884 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets 19-year-old composer Alexander Glazunov
October 31, 1884 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "Yevgeny Onegin" in Saint-Petersburg
November 15, 1884 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
November 19, 1884 - Munich, Germany - Departs from Berlin and reaches Munich
November 21, 1884 - Lindau, Germany - Overnight stay at Lindau on his way from Berlin to Davos
November 23, 1884 - Davos, Switzerland - Visits his dying friend Iosif Kotek
November 29, 1884 - Davos | Zurich - Departs from Davos and reaches Zurich to spend a night
December 5, 1884 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
December 12, 1884 - Paris - Departs to Moscow
December 28, 1884 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Elegy for strings orchestra" in Moscow
January 24, 1885 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the "Suite No.3" in Saint-Petersburg
February 26, 1885 - Maidanovo, near Klin - Tchaikovsky rents a house in Maidanovo and begins writing the opera "Cherevichki"
March 6, 1885 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Concert Fantasia"
April 1(?), 1885 - Maidanovo - Tchaikovsky finishes writing the opera "Cherevichki"
June 1(?), 1885 - Smolensk - Attends the unveiling of a monument to the composer Mikhail Glinka
September 1(?), 1885 - Maidanovo - Tchaikovsky begins writing the opera "The Enchantress"
November 7, 1885 - Kharkiv - On his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka, Tchaikovsky visits Kharkiv's Opera house. Begins writing the "Jurisprudence March"
November 9, 1885 - Kharkiv - Departs from Kharkiv
November 10, 1885 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to continue work on the "Jurisprudence march"
November 22, 1885 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
December 17, 1885 - Moscow - Premiere of the Jurisprudence March and Jurists' Song at the 150th anniversary dinner of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in Saint Petersburg. Tchaikovsky is absent
March 23, 1886 - Moscow - Attends the premiere of "Manfred" in Moscow
April 5, 1886 - Kharkiv - Stops overnight en route from Moscow to see his brother Ippolit at Taganrog
April 6, 1886 - Taganrog - Reaches Taganrog
April 9, 1886 - Vladikavkaz - Overnight stay on his way to Tiflis
April 11, 1886 - Mleta, Georgia - Overnight stay on his way from Vladikavkaz to Tiflis
April 12, 1886 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Arrives at Tiflis (Tbilisi) and meets Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Tchaikovsky works on his opera "The Enchantress"
May 1, 1886 - Tiflis - Premiere of the third version of "Romeo and Juliet", conducted by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
May 11, 1886 - Tiflis | Batumi, Georgia - Departs to Paris, via Batumi
May 13, 1886 - Trebizond, Ottoman Empire - Overnight stay in Trebizond
May 16, 1886 - Istanbul - Embarks on a cruise from Istanbul
May 23, 1886 - Marseille, France - Arrives at Marseille
May 27, 1886 - Paris - Reaches Paris. Meets Gabriel Fauré
June 24, 1886 - Paris - Departs from Paris
July 1, 1886 - Maidanovo, near Klin - Returns to Maidanovo
January 31, 1887 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - He substitutes a conductor on short notice at the Bolshoi Theater for the first 3 performances of his opera "Cherevichki", in his debut as conductor
March 17, 1887 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts a Philarmonic Society concert in Saint-Petersburg
May 1(?), 1887 - Maidanovo - Tchaikovsky finishes writing the opera "The Enchantress"
June 2, 1887 - Nizhny Novgorod - On his way to Tiflis (Tbilisi) to see his brother, transfers to a steamship at Nizhny Novgorod
June 3, 1887 - Kazan | Simbirsk (Ulyanovsk) - Visit to Kazan and Simbirsk while travelling down the Volga River
June 4, 1887 - Samara | Syzran - Visit to Samara and Syzran while travelling down the Volga River
June 5, 1887 - Saratov | Kamyshin | Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Visit to Saratov, Kamyshin and Tsaritsyn while travelling down the Volga River
June 9, 1887 - Baku - The steamship reaches Baku
June 11, 1887 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Visit to Tiflis (Tbilisi)
June 13, 1887 - Tiflis - Tchaikovsky visits a production of "The Enchantress"
June 19, 1887 - Astrakhan - Stop at Astrakhan
June 25, 1887 - Borjomi, Georgia - Arrives at Borjomi with his brother Anatoly to take in the spring waters in order to benefit his health
July 18, 1887 - Batumi, Georgia - On his way from Borzhom to Feodosiya he passes Batumi
July 19, 1887 - Feodosiya, Crimea - Arrives at Feodosiya
July 22, 1887 - Sevastopol | Yalta - Visit to his friend Yuliya Shpazhinskaya
July 23, 1887 - Odessa - Arrives at Odessa to attend a concert in the City Gardens
July 24, 1887 - Odessa - Visit to the Cathedral of Odessa
July 26, 1887 - Vienna, Austria - Stops in Vienna on his way to Aachen
July 27, 1887 - Aachen | Cologne, Germany - Travels to Aachen to see his ill friend Nikolay Kondratyev. Visit to Cologne Cathedral
August 14, 1887 - Paris, France - Arrives for 2 days in Paris
August 16, 1887 - Paris - Visit to Anatoly Brandukov and Félix Mackar
August 17, 1887 - Aachen, Germany - Returns to Aachen
September 6, 1887 - Aachen - Departs from Aachen
November 1, 1887 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky conducts the premiere of his opera "The Enchantress"
November 26, 1887 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky conducts his Suite No.4 in Moscow
December 24, 1887 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the premiere of his Suite No.4 in Saint-Petersburg. Tchaikovsky consults with Glazunov, Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov on a detailed program of russian music that he might lead in Paris
December 29, 1887 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
December 30, 1887 - Berlin - Meets Désirée Artôt-Padilla at a concert
December 31, 1887 - Berlin - Visit to Karl Davydov
January 5, 1888 - Leipzig, Germany - Conducts a concert at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Meets Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg and Ethel Smyth
January 7, 1888 - Berlin - On his way to Hamburg
January 10, 1888 - Hamburg - Attends a concert conducted by Hans von Bülow
January 12, 1888 - Lübeck, Germany - Arrives at Lübeck to rehearse for a concert in Hamburg
January 17, 1888 - Hamburg, Germany - Arrives in Hamburg to conduct and rehearse his works
January 20, 1888 - Hamburg - Conducts at the Conventgarten in Hamburg
January 22, 1888 - Hamburg - Departs from Hamburg
January 24, 1888 - Magdeburg - Visit to Magdeburg
January 28, 1888 - Leipzig - Meets Gustav Mahler
February 4, 1888 - Berlin - Meets Désirée Artôt in Berlin
February 8, 1888 - Berlin - Conducts a Philarmonic Society concert in Berlin. Meets Richard Strauss
February 10, 1888 - Berlin | Leipzig - Dinner with Hugo Wolf, Emile Sauret and Edvard Grieg. Returns to Leipzig and attends a performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
February 12, 1888 - Prague - Arrives in Prague
February 19, 1888 - Prague - Conducts a concert in Prague. Meets Antonín Dvořák
February 21, 1888 - Prague - Conducts a concert in Prague
February 24, 1888 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
March(?) 1(?), 1888 - Paris - Conducts three concerts in Paris. Tchaikovsky meets Charles Gounod
March 4, 1888 - Geneva, Switzerland - Arrives in Geneva to rehearse and conduct a concert
March 10, 1888 - Geneva - Departs from Geneva after a concert at the New Theatre (March 9th)
March 19, 1888 - Paris - Departs to London
March 20, 1888 - London - Conducts a concert at the Saint James's Hall in London
March 24, 1888 - London - Departs from London
March 26, 1888 - Vienna, Austria - At the theatre An der Wien he saw a performance of Arthur Sullivan's operetta The Mikado. "I could barely endure two-thirds of one act"
March 28, 1888 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
April 3, 1888 - Taganrog - Arrives for a 3-day stay at Taganrog. Letter to Nadezhda von Meck
April 7, 1888 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Arrives in Tiflis
April 26, 1888 - Tiflis - Completes his "Autobiographical account of a tour abroad in the year 1888". Departs from Tiflis
April 28, 1888 - Vladikavkaz - Passing through Vladikavkaz on his way back to Moscow
May 3, 1888 - Moscow - Arrives in Moscow. Letter to Anatoly
May 6, 1888 - Frolovskoye, near Klin - Settles in a new house at Frolovskoye, near Klin
May 25, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky is approached by the Director of the Imperial Theatres in Saint-Petersburg, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, about a possible ballet adaptation on the subject of the story of "Undine"
September 7, 1888 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka
September 14, 1888 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
October 7, 1888 - Spasskoye, NW of Moscow - Visit to Spasskoye
November 17, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the Premiere of the Symphony No.5
November 25, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the Premiere of the Overture-Fantasia "Hamlet"
November 27, 1888 - Prague - Arrives in Prague
December 6, 1888 - Prague - Conducts the Symphony No.5 and "Yevgeny Onegin" in Prague
December 7, 1888 - Vienna, Austria - Resting after conducting a performance of "Yevgeny Onegin" in Prague
December 22, 1888 - Moscow - Conducts the premiere of the Symphony No.5 in Moscow
December 27, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg, Tchaikovsky sends letters sends letters to Eduard Valečka and Claude Paul Taffanel
February 7, 1889 - Berlin, Germany - Stops in Berlin on his way from Saint-Petersburg to Cologne
February 12, 1889 - Cologne, Germany - Concert in Cologne
February 13, 1889 - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Arrives in Frankfurt am Main
February 15, 1889 - Frankfurt am Main - Concert in the Museum-Konzert in Frankfurt am Main
February 17, 1889 - Dresden, Germany - Arrives in Dresden
February 20, 1889 - Dresden - Concert in Dresden
February 21, 1889 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin. Daily meetings with Désirée Artôt-Padilla
February 26, 1889 - Berlin - Concert in Berlin
February 27, 1889 - Berlin - Attends a musical evening in his honor
March 1, 1889 - Leipzig, Germany - Arrives for a 3-day visit to the Brodskys
March 9, 1889 - Geneva, Switzerland - Concert in Geneva
March 12, 1889 - Hamburg, Germany - Arrives in Hamburg to conduct and rehearse his works
March 15, 1889 - Hamburg - Concert in Hamburg
March 16, 1889 - Hamburg - Departs to Paris, via Hanover
March 17, 1889 - Hanover - Stops in Hanover for a 2-day stay
March 20, 1889 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris for a few days in the city. Meets Jules Massenet
March 31, 1889 - Paris - Attends the 20th Châtelet Concert
April 9, 1889 - Paris - Departs from Paris
April 10, 1889 - London - Arrives in London
April 11, 1889 - London - Concert in London
April 12, 1889 - London - Departs from London
April 16, 1889 - Marseille - Tchaikovsky boards a steamship to visit his brother Anatoly in Tiflis
April 18, 1889 - Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) - Tchaikovsky disembarks at Smyrna at the end of his Mediterranean steamship voyage from Marseille
April 19, 1889 - Istanbul - Overnight stay on his way from London to see Anatoly in Tiflis (Tbilisi)
April 23, 1889 - Batumi, Georgia - Overnight stay in Batumi on his way from Istanbul to Tiflis
April 25, 1889 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Arrives at Tiflis via Mediterranean Sea. Stays with Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Working on his ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
May 12, 1889 - Tiflis - Concert in his honor at the Artists' Society
May 14, 1889 - Tiflis | Mleta, Georgia - Departs from Tiflis. Stays overnight at Mleta
May 15, 1889 - Vladikavkaz - Overnight stay in Vladikavkaz on his way back
May 19, 1889 - Frolovskoye, near Klin - Letter to Nadezhda von Meck
May 30, 1889 - Frolovskoye - Begins orchestrations on the Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
May 31, 1889 - Frolovskoye - Returns home to Frolovskoye
September 3, 1889 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to rest
September 16, 1889 - Kam'yanka | Kopylovo (Kopyliv, Ukraine) - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Kopylovo
September 17, 1889 - Kiev - Attends a production of "Yevgeny Onegin" at the Kiev Opera
September 30, 1889 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - Conducts a new production of "Yevgeny Onegin" at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
December 7, 1889 - Moscow - Conducts the Premiere of the "Pezzo Capriccioso" in Moscow
January 15, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
January 28, 1890 - Berlin - Overnight stay on his way from Saint-Petersburg to Florence
January 30, 1890 - Florence, Italy - Arrives in Florence to work on his opera "The Queen of Spades"
April 5, 1890 - Florence - Composes the opera "The Queen of Spades" in 44 days
April 8, 1890 - Rome - Arrives in Rome
April 29, 1890 - Rome - Departs from Rome
May 8, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg
May 15, 1890 - Frolovskoye - Returns to Frolovskoye
July 19, 1890 - Lobynskoye, S. of Moscow - Visit to singer Nikolay Figner
August 7, 1890 - Terijoki-Finland (Zelonogorsk) | Ozerki, near Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Ozerki and Terijoki
August 13, 1890 - Terijoki-Finland (Zelonogorsk) | Ozerki - Departs from Ozerki and Terijoki
August 20, 1890 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate with Modest
August 26, 1890 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino estate
August 27, 1890 - Kam'yanka - "Concerning my visit to Kamenka, I can say that it has left me with a very sad impression. Everyone seems to have aged, and there is an overwhelming air of melancholy, with no sign of its previous joyfulness"
September 11, 1890 - Kam'yanka | Kiev - Departs to Kopylovo with Nikolay Konradi, via Kiev
September 12, 1890 - Kopylovo (Kopyliv, Ukraine) - Arrives at Kopylovo
September 14, 1890 - Kiev - Visit to the opera company of Ippolit Pryanishnikov, who agrees to produce "The Queen of Spades" in Kiev
September 16, 1890 - Kharkiv - Meets Nikolay Konradi (while travelling from Kiev to Tiflis (Tbilisi))
September 19, 1890 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Returns to Tiflis. Completes "The Voyevoda"
October 4, 1890 - While in Tiflis - Nadezhda von Meck's last letter to Tchaikovsky
November 1, 1890 - Tiflis - Conducts a concert with "Overture 1812", "Suite No.1" and "Serenade for string Orchestra"
November 4, 1890 - Tiflis - Departs from Tiflis
November 5, 1890 - Vladikavkaz - Overnight stay on his way back from Tiflis
November 7, 1890 - Taganrog - Reaches Taganrog for a 2-day stay on his way back to Moscow
November 12, 1890 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
December 10, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "Souvenir de Florence" in Saint-Petersburg
December 19, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "The Queen of Spades" in Saint-Petersburg
December 23, 1890 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
December 27, 1890 - Kiev - Attends a concert given by the Kiev Amateur Music Society
December 31, 1890 - Kiev - Attends the first performance of "The Queen of Spades" by Ippolit Pryanishnikov's opera company
January 2, 1891 - Kiev - Attends the second performance of "The Queen of Spades" by Ippolit Pryanishnikov's opera company
January 4, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka for the Christmas holidays. (It would be the last time he would see his sister Aleksandra)
January 16, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
February 21, 1891 - Moscow - Premiere of the Incidental Music to "Hamlet" in Moscow
March 13, 1891 - Frolovskoye - Leaves his Frolovskoye house
March 20, 1891 - Berlin, Germany - Attends a concert of his own works
March 22, 1891 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris to conduct and rehearse his own works
April 5, 1891 - Paris - Conducts a concert in Paris
April 6, 1891 - Rouen - Arrives in Rouen
April 9, 1891 - While in Rouen - His sister Aleksandra dies in Kam'yanka
April 15, 1891 - Paris - Visits Paris. Tchaikovsky learns of his sister's death through a russian newspaper
April 17, 1891 - Le Havre, France - Departs to New York on board the steamship "La Bretagne"
April 26, 1891 - New York, United States - The "La Bretagne" reaches New York
May 5, 1891 - New York - Conducts his "Coronation March" at the opening concert of Andrew Carnegie's new Music Hall in New York
May 9, 1891 - New York - Attends a performance of his Piano Concerto No.1 and Handel's "Israel in Egypt"
May 11, 1891 - Buffalo | Niagara Falls - Stop at Buffalo on his way from New York to Niagara Falls
May 15, 1891 - Baltimore - Conducts a concert at the Lyceum Theatre, Baltimore
May 16, 1891 - Washington D.C. - Arrives in Washington D.C.
May 18, 1891 - Philadelphia - Concert at the Academy of Music of Philadelphia
May 19, 1891 - New York - Returns to New York
May 21, 1891 - New York - Departs to Hamburg on board the "Fürst Bismarck"
May 29, 1891 - Hamburg, Germany - The steamship "Fürst Bismarck" arrives at Hamburg. Overnight stay
May 30(?), 1891 - Berlin - Overnight stay in Berlin before continuing voyage to Saint-Petersburg
June 9, 1891 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Giulio Ricordi
June 10, 1891 - Maidanovo, near Klin - Returns to his former home at Maidanovo
September 1, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to work on his opera "Iolanta"
September 8, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
November 16, 1891 - Moscow - Premiere of "The Queen of Spades" in Moscow
December 17, 1891 - Reval (Talinn, Estonia) - Two-day visit to Reval
December 29, 1891 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
January 2, 1892 - Kiev - Conducts the Kiev branch of the Russian Musical Society in a performance of his "Suite No.3", "The Voyevoda" and the "Overture 1812"
January 5, 1892 - Kam'yanka - Christmas with his family at Kam'yanka
January 7, 1892 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Northern Europe
January 9, 1892 - Warsaw, Poland - Arrives in Warsaw
January 14, 1892 - Warsaw - Conducts a concert in Warsaw
January 16, 1892 - Berlin - Overnight stay on his way from Warsaw to Hamburg
January 17, 1892 - Hamburg, Germany - Tchaikovsky is impressed by a performance of "Yevgeny Onegin" conducted by Gustav Mahler
January 21, 1892 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
January 31, 1892 - Paris - Departs from Paris
February 6, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg
March 19, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the Premiere of "The Nutcracker" in Saint-Petersburg
May 17, 1892 - Klin - Moves to a new house at Klin to revise his "Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem" for publication
June 1, 1892 - Klin - Begins working on his "Symphony in E-flat major"
June 8, 1892 - Klin - Departs from Klin
June 17, 1892 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
June 24, 1892 - Vichy, France - Visits Vichy with his nephew Vladimir Davydov
July 16, 1892 - Paris - Two-day stop in Paris on his way from Vichy to Saint-Petersburg
July 21, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg
July 23, 1892 - Klin - Arrives at Klin to correct "The Nutcracker" and "Iolanta" (brief visits to Moscow)
September 11, 1892 - Klin - Departs from Klin
September 18, 1892 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna to rehearse and conduct his "Suite No.1"
September 21, 1892 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
September 22, 1892 - Itter, Austria - Arrives at Itter to visit pianist Vasily Sapelnikov
October 7, 1892 - Itter | Salzburg, Austria - Departs from Itter and reaches Salzburg
October 12, 1892 - Prague - Attends the czech premiere of the opera "The Queen of Spades"
October 19, 1892 - Klin - Returns from a conducting tour
October 30, 1892 - Klin - Begins working on his "Symphony in E-flat major"
November 7, 1892 - Klin - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
December 6, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the revised "Souvenir de Florence"
December 18, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Double Premiere of his opera "Iolanta" and the ballet "The Nutcracker"
December 26, 1892 - Berlin, Germany - Stops in Berlin on his way from Saint-Petersburg to visit Fanny Dürbach in Montbéliard
December 30, 1892 - Basel, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Basel on the way to see his former governess Fanny Dürbach at Montbéliard
January 1, 1893 - Montbéliard, Switzerland - Visits Fanny Dürbach in Montbéliard, Switzerland
January 3, 1893 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
January 9, 1893 - Brussels - Arrives in Brussels
January 14, 1893 - Brussels - Conducts a concert in Brussels
January 21, 1893 - Paris - Departs from Paris
January 24, 1893 - Odessa - Arrives at Odessa to conduct five concerts and to have his portrait painted by Nikolay Kuznetsov
February 6, 1893 - Odessa - Departs to Kam'yanka
February 7, 1893 - Kam'yanka - Visit to Kam'yanka between conducting tours in Odessa and Kharkov
February 13, 1893 - Kharkiv - On his way from Kam'yanka to Klin, Tchaikovsky stays one day in Kharkiv with stomach complaint
February 15, 1893 - Klin - Begins work on his Symphony No.6 at Klin
February 28, 1893 - Klin - Returns from conducting in Moscow to work on the Symphony No.6
March 16, 1893 - Klin - Departs to Moscow and Kharkov
March 23, 1893 - Kharkiv - Arrives at Kharkiv's "Hôtel Europe" to rehearse and conduct some of his works
March 26, 1893 - Kharkiv - Tchaikovsky conducts his Symphony No.2, Overture 1812, the Violin Concerto and "The Tempest"
March 27, 1893 - Kharkiv - Concert in his honor given by students of the Russian Musical Society, followed by a dinner
March 28, 1893 - Kharkiv - Departs from Kharkiv
March 30, 1893 - Klin - Completes the Symphony No.6 at Klin
April 17, 1893 - Klin - Tchaikovsky writes the "Eighteen Pieces Op.72" for piano
May 4, 1893 - Klin - Departs from Klin
May 11, 1893 - Nizhny Novgorod - Arrives at Nizhny Novgorod to visit his brother Anatoly
May 14, 1893 - Klin - Returns to Klin. Tchaikovsky completes the "6 Romances, Op.73"
May 17, 1893 - Klin - Departs from Klin
May 25, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs for England via Germany
May 27, 1893 - Berlin, Germany - Overnight stay in Berlin on his way from Saint-Petersburg to London
May 29, 1893 - Ostend | London, England - Passing through Ostend. Arrives in London
June 1, 1893 - London - Conducts his Symphony No.4 at a Royal Philarmonic Society concert in London

Tchaikovsky, Cambridge 1893

June 12, 1893 - Cambridge, England - Conducts "Francesca da Rimini" in Cambridge
June 13, 1893 - Cambridge - Receives an honorary Doctorate of Music at Cambridge University, together with Saint-Saëns and Grieg (who was ill and didn't attend the ceremony)
June 14, 1893 - London - Last day in London before departing to Paris
June 15, 1893 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
June 18, 1893 - Paris - Departs from Paris
June 19, 1893 - Itter, Austria - Arrives at Itter
June 26, 1893 - Itter - Departs to Grankino estate
June 30, 1893 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate
July 16, 1893 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino estate
July 30, 1893 - Klin - Returns to Klin after a foreign tour
August 24, 1893 - Klin - Completes his Symphony No.6
September 1, 1893 - Klin - Departs from Klin
September 6, 1893 - Hamburg, Germany - Travels to Hamburg for a production of "Iolanta"
September 7, 1893 - Hamburg - Attends a production of "Iolanta" at the Hamburg Opera House
September 10, 1893 - Hamburg - Departs from Hamburg
September 21, 1893 - Mikhaylovskoye, E. of Nizhny Novgorod - Arrives at Mikhaylovskoye to spend a week at a summer dacha with Anatoly and his family
September 29, 1893 - Mikhaylovskoye - Departs from Mikhaylovskoye:  "What a delight Mikhaylovskoye is!!! It's impossible to describe how good it is here ... I had never expected to end up in some sort of paradise!"
October 6, 1893 - Klin - Letter to polish pianist Zygmunt Stojowski: "As I wrote to you, my new Symphony is finished. I am now working on the scoring of my new (third) concerto for our dear Diémer. When you see him, please tell him that when I proceeded to work on it, I realized that this concerto is of depressing and threatening length. Consequently I decided to leave only part one which in itself will constitute an entire concerto. The work will only improve the more since the last two parts were not worth very much"
October 19, 1893 - Klin - Departs for Moscow
October 21, 1893 - Moscow - Premiere of the vocal quartet "Night" in Moscow
October 22, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Arrives in Saint-Petersburg
October 28, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74
November 1, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - After going to the Theatre to see Alexander Ostrovsky's play "The Ardent Heart", Tchaikovsky goes to a restaurant named "Leiner's" with his brother Modest, his nephew Vladimir Davydov, composer Alexander Glazunov and other friends. During the meal "Tchaikovsky ordered a glass of water. Due to an outbreak of cholera in the city, health regulations required water served in restaurants to be boiled before being served. Tchaikovsky was told by the waiter that no boiled water was then available. He then reportedly requested cold unboiled water, which was brought. Warned by others in his party not to drink it, the composer said he did not fear contracting cholera and drank the water anyway" (from wikipedia)
November 2, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky awakes with diarrhoea and upset stomach. He refuses to see a doctor
November 5, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Suffering full blown cholera
November 6, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dies of cholera, aged 53 =(END)