"Russia has proved it during the siege of Leningrad that culture and music can improve the situation. If my beautiful city, Atlanta ... had had a person like Shostakovich, maybe it would still be in place in its historical form," Cook said. Shostakovich, a famous Russian composer, wrote his Symphony No. 7, known as the "Leningrad Symphony," during the Nazi siege of Leningrad in 1941. The siege of Leningrad continued from 1941 to 1944, lasting 872 days. The commissioner pointed out that the Shostakovich masterpiece was broadcast to the Nazis' outposts near Leningrad and undermined the morale of the German...
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