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Leningrad


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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