On this day, 16th of October 1962, Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk

On this day, September 25th 1906, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born

On This Day: 115 years ago Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Golden Cockerel" premiered in Moscow

On This Day: St.Petersburg Conservatorium was founded

On this day, 6th of June, 1799, Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow

#onthisday , April 01 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was born

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#onthisday, 2 January 1837, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Mily Balakirev was born

#onthisday , December 30th 1921, Prokofiev's opera "L'amour des trois oranges" was premiered

#onthisday ,19 December 1890, Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades" was premiered