Tchaikovsky's House Destroyed by Russian Occupation in Ukraine

According to the French news outlet, AFP, the villa where the Romantic composer stayed for a brief time is now in ruins.

The villa is in the city of Trostyanets, which in the mid-1800s, was a part of the Russian Empire. There, at age 24, Tchaikovsky composed his first symphonic work — the programmatic overture, The Storm, Op. 76.

Composed and orchestrated during his summer vacation, the piece was based on Russian dramatist Aleksandr Ostrovsky's play of the same name.

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Tchaikovsky, Russia’s most famous composer, once called Trostyanets home. Now the town in northeast Ukraine, like his old house, lies in ruins as residents count the cost of a month of Russian occupation pic.twitter.com/UhOAVRCTkp

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 31, 2022

Trostyanets was occupied by Russian forces for a month, and only recently did the Ukrainian military take back control. The town, which is about 20 miles from the Russian border with a population of 19,000, has been demolished. You can read more, here.