Childhood residence near the Mariinsky Theatre
· Kryukov Canal, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file He spent his early life in the family apartment by the Kryukov Canal in Saint Petersburg, near the Mariinsky Theatre; this proximity shaped his early exposure to opera and theatre. Coordinates are a representative point on the Kryukov Canal near the Mariinsky Theatre; the apartment address is not supplied.