Dmitri Shostakovich with Alexander Sveshnikov and Dmitry Kabalevsky. Hall of Columns at the House of Unions. 15 October 1973. Photographed by Viktor Akhlomov Credit: Exhibition "The Union of Composers in Viktor Akhlomov's photographs," «Союз композиторов в фотографиях Виктора Ахломова». Russian National Museum of Music/Olga Kabanova

Dmitri Shostakovich with Alexander Sveshnikov and Dmitry Kabalevsky. Hall of Columns at the House of Unions. 15 October 1973. Photographed by Viktor Akhlomov Credit: Exhibition "The Union of Composers in Viktor Akhlomov's photographs," «Союз композиторов в фотографиях Виктора Ахломова». Russian National Museum of Music/Olga Kabanova