Interesting story. I can only imagine the fear of attending your friend's funeral while everybody else runs to pay respects to Stalin.
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Interesting story. I can only imagine the fear of attending your friend's funeral while everybody else runs to pay respects to Stalin.
(a great trivia Shostakovich worked briefly as a football judge :D )@heymattsokol, Barnes wrote a great book about Shostakovich, if you're interested in his story: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Noise-Time-Julian-Barnes/dp/1910702609