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1164:1915 births
979:Vasil'evich
975:Vasilievich
771: [
723:Sacred Love
573:Concertante
454:Filmography
405:Lenin Prize
383:Tappi Iwase
42: 1939
1158:Categories
1133:2 November
948:References
796:a cappella
676:Mayakovsky
608:Solo piano
562:Snow Storm
538:Orchestral
98:Occupation
55:1915-12-16
1036:19 August
989:Citations
697:Sad Songs
430:Asteroid
195:Leningrad
191:balalaika
179:Bolshevik
735:. (1969)
632:Ruy Blas
556:Triptych
346:(1951).
310:(1964),
282:(1941),
227:romances
211:Red Army
131:tonality
101:Composer
93:, Moscow
1075:Sources
586:Chamber
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645:Choral
546:(1940)
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512:(1976)
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363:Vremya
268:Vremya
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163:Fatezh
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509:Trust
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