Mstislav Rostropovich
Мстислав Ростропович · Mstislav Rostropovich
1927–2007
He played the cello and stood by friends the state punished.
He was born in Baku, now in Azerbaijan.
He was one of the great cellists.
He helped Alexander Solzhenitsyn and later lived abroad. He came back when he could.
Places
- Baku, now in Azerbaijan
- Moscow