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Votkinsk (/ ˈ v ɒ t k ɪ n s k /; Russian: Воткинск), also known as Votka (/ ˈ v ɒ t k ə /; Udmurt: Вотка), is an industrial town in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. The population in 2021 is 97,471.
Votkinsk, city, Udmurtiya, western Russia. It lies along the Votka River just above the latter’s confluence with the Kama. Votkinsk was founded in 1759 and became a city in 1935. It is famous chiefly as the birthplace of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whose home is preserved as a museum.
Votkinsk (Воткинск) is Tchaikovsky's birthplace, and a town and municipal district in the republic of Udmurtia (Удмуртская Республика), in the Ural region of the Russian Federation. During Tchaikovsky's lifetime it was part of the Sarapulsk district (Сарапульский уезд) in the Vyatka province ...
Tchaikovsky was born on 7 May 1840 in Votkinsk, [9] a small town in Vyatka Governorate during the Russian Empire in present-day Udmurtia near the banks of the Kama River. His father, Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky, served as a lieutenant colonel and engineer in the Department of Mines [10] and managed the Ironworks in Kamsko-Votkinsk.
The Russian Empire [e] [f] was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km 2 (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third ...
Votkinsk (vôt´kĬnsk), city (1989 pop. 103,500), Udmurt Republic, E European Russia, on a tributary of the Kama River. It has machine plants and sawmills. Founded in 1759 as Votkinski Zavod, a metal industry settlement, it was pillaged by Pugachev in 1774.
Jan 6, 2015 · Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, a small town in Vyatka Governorate (present-day Udmurtia) in the Russian Empire. His family had a long line of military service. His father, Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky, was an engineer who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Department of Mines and manager of the Kamsko-Votkinsk Ironworks.
