Background
CHURKIN, Nikolay was born on May 21, 1869 in village Dzhelal-Ogly, now Tbilisi Oblast.
CHURKIN, Nikolay was born on May 21, 1869 in village Dzhelal-Ogly, now Tbilisi Oblast.
1892 graduate M. Ippolitov-Ivanov’s composition class, Tiflis College of Music.
1892-1902 music teacher in Baku. 1903-1935 taught singing and music theory at educational establishments in Kaunas, Vilnius, Mstislavl’ and Mogilev. From 1935 lived in Minsk, where he collected some 3,000 Belorussian folksongs and dances.
During World War 2 collected Tadzh songs and melodies.