Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Commemoration

Commemoration

There are several biographical museums in the places connected with his life: namely, his memorial house in Tikhvin in the present Leningrad oblast to the east of Saint Petersburg, and his memorial museum apartment in downtown Saint Petersburg in Zagorodniy prospect, the latter being a branch of St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music. The composer's name has been given to a street in central Saint Petersburg - prrospekt Rimskogo-Korsakova in Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug. Most importantly for the country's musical culture, his name was given to the renowned highest music teaching institution of the city - Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory, the oldest one in Russia.