Shostakovich: Stalin's Composer? - WW2 Biography Special

Leningrad’s Dmitri Shostakovich has risen from a child prodigy to be one of the Soviet Union’s most celebrated composers, having rescued his career from Stalin’s interference along the way. Desperate to defend Russia after the German invasion, he fights back, not with a rifle, but with music. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle Written by: James Newman Research by: James Newman Edited by: Iryna Dulka Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Markus Linke Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: - Mikołaj Uchman - Olga Shirnina, a.k.a. Klimbim - https://klimbim2014.wordpress.com/ Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: - Huydang2910 from Wikimedia Commons - Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe - Dmitry Shostakovich Publishing House (DSCH) - Rafail Mazelev / TASS photo chronicle - Samara State Philharmonic - St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound: - Ominous - Philip Ayers - London - Howard Harper-Barnes - The Twelve Spies - Silver Maple - The Inspector 4 - Johannes Bornlöf - Spellbound - Edward Karl Hanson - Symphony of the Cold-Blooded - Christian Andersen - Dawn Of Civilization - Jo Wandrini - Deviation In Time - Johannes Bornlof A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.