I feel eternal pain for those who were killed by Hitler, but I feel no less pain for those killed on Stalin's orders. I suffer for everyone who was t… - Dmitri Shostakovich

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I feel eternal pain for those who were killed by Hitler, but I feel no less pain for those killed on Stalin's orders. I suffer for everyone who was tortured, shot, or starved to death.

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About Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist. Many of his works mark the epochs of Soviet history, or explore his own position as an artist in a communist state. Since his death there has been much controversy as to his private political views.

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Native Name: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
Alternative Names: Shostakovich Shosty Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich Dmitrij Šostakovič Dmitri Dmitrievitch Chostakovitch Dimitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Dmitriii Dmitrievich Shostakovich
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I think it is clear to everyone what happens in the Fifth. The rejoicing is forced, created under threat, as in Boris Godunov. It's as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying, "Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing," and you rise, shaky, and go marching off, muttering, "Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing."

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