Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович​ (help·info); 25 September [O.S. September 12] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Leon Trotsky's chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the Stalinist bureaucrac... more

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  • Sep 25, 1906

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  • Aug 9, 1975 (age 68 years)

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  • Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович,
  • Shostakovich,
  • Shostakovitch,
  • Dmitry Shostakovich,
  • Schostakowitsch,
  • Dimitri Chostakovitch,
  • Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič,
  • Sjostakokovitj,
  • Dimitri Shostakovitch,
  • Chostakovitch,
  • Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich,
  • Dmitri Chostakovitch,
  • Shotakovich,
  • Dimitri Chostakovich,
  • Dimitri Schostakovsch,
  • D. Shostakovich,
  • Dmitri Shostackovich,
  • Dimitri Dimitriyevich Shostakovich,
  • Дмитрий Шостакович,
  • D. Schostakowitsch,
  • Dimitri Shostakovich,
  • Dimitri Schostakowitsch,
  • Dimitri Shostakovitsh,
  • Dmitri Shostakovitch,
  • Shostakovich, Dmitry,
  • Shastakovich,
  • Schostakovich,
  • 드미트리 쇼스타코비치

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