About This Book
What were Dmitri Shostakovich's views about his homeland? Until 1979 the Soviet Union's official composer was considered a staunch supporter of Joseph Stalin and his successors. This assumption was then challenged with the publication of Testimony, ostensibly the composer's memoirs as told to Solomo...
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9h 31m
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180 WPM
6h 51m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 54m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 102,850 wordsπ
14 days at 30 min/day
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7 h 37 min
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