Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1974, i raro i te pēhanga kia rite ki ngā ture ā-ture e rua o te tūturu pāpori me te hou hou, ā, kia rite ki te tono hara mo tana haere mai i te hui o nga kaiwaiata hei whakahe i te
I te whakaekenga o te Soviet Union ki Czechoslovakia, i whiriwhiri a Silvestrov ki te mawehe atu i te tirohanga. I tenei wa ka tiimata tana whakakore i tana momo hou o mua. Engari, i hangaia e ia "Nga Waiata Ataata (Тихі Пісні" (1977)) he huringa i hangaia hei takaro takitahi. I muri mai, i muri i te hinganga o te Soviet Union, ka timata ia ki te tuhi i nga mahi wairua me nga mahi haahi i whakaaweahia e te ahua o te puoro liturgical Orthodox o Ruhia me Ukraine. I whai a Silvestrov i tana whakakahoretanga o te avant-garde ki ona tau i te Conservatory o Kyiv. I tana whakaaturanga i tetahi o ana mahi whakahirahira, ka patai a Lyatoshynsky ki a ia: "E pai ana koe ki tenei?", ana i tana whakautu i te mea "kua pakaru taua patai ki roto i toku wairua".