Boris Prozorovsky
Boris Alekseyevich Prozorovsky was a Russian composer and songwriter who specialized in the genre of Russian romance. Many of his best-known songs were originally performed by his protégé and one-time partner Tamara Tsereteli, who recorded some in 1927, the year Prozorovsky's career reached its peak.
In 1929 the All-Russian Musicians Union's Conference declared the whole genre of Russian romance 'counter-revolutionary'. In 1930 Prozorovsky was arrested and spent three years in Gulag. After the release he continued to perform, but in 1937, at the height of the Great Purge, was arrested again and executed.
