Vano Muradeli was a Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 Georgian

Georgia (country)

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 composer.

Born in Gori, Georgia

Gori, Georgia

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, then part of Imperial Russia, he graduated from Tbilisi State Conservatory

Tbilisi State Conservatory

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 in 1931. From 1934 to 1938, he worked at the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

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. From 1942 to 1944, he served as a principal and artistic director of the Central Ensemble of the Soviet Navy

Soviet Navy

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. In 1946, he was awarded the Stalin Prize. In 1948, his opera The Great Friendship was censured by the resolution of the Communist Party Central Committee. After Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

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's death, he was restored to favor and granted the title of the People's Artist

People's Artist

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of the USSR in 1968.

External links

• Page on van Rijen site Contains a worklist