Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 7 May 1840 (+) is born in Votkinsk, Russia. 4 March 1877 (x) The ballet 'Swan Lake' by Tchaikovsky is performed for the first time by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, Russia. 18 December 1892 (x) First performance of the ballet 'The Nutcracker' by Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg, Russia. 6 November 1893 (-) dies of cholera in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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