Vasily Shirinsky


Vasily Shirinsky - Soviet conductor and composer (1904-1965). He was born on January 4, 1901 in Krasnodar and died on August 16, 1965 in Pushkino. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. He was awarded the Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Stalin Prize, the People's Artist of the RSFSR, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.