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1992 Boris Arapov, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986
1984 Tatyana Kazankina of U.S.S.R. sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad 1974 Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen 1974 Dmitri Shostakovich' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad 1970 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane 1969 Kitty G, Katia Geiger, Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress 1966 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1966 Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad 1961 Ella Arolovich, Leningrad U.S.S.R., model 1960 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad 1960 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad 1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitch 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad 1956 Dmitri Shostakovich's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad 1955 D Shostakovich' "From Jewish Folk Poetry," premieres in Leningrad 1953 Dmitri Shostakovich' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1949 Dmitri Shostakovich' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad 1947 Dmitri Shostakovich named professor at conservatory of Leningrad 1947 Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion, 1981-84, 1985- 1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed 1943 Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad 1942 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad 1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by Germany begins 1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1941 German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad 1940 Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina, Kirov, defected 1970 1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet premieres in Leningrad 1939 Dmitri Shostakovich appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad 1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor, Atlanta Symph 1934 Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad 1934 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad 1930 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "Zolotoy Vyek," premieres in Leningrad 1930 Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya," premieres in Leningrad 1930 Shostakovich' opera "The Nose," premieres in Leningrad 1929 Dmitri Shostakovich' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad 1927 Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer 1926 Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Pianoconcert 1926 Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, soprano, Madama Butterfly 1926 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1924 Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad 1905 Boris Arapov, born in Poltava, Ukraine, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986 1703 St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great |
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