Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
Ndị agha Soviet ga-awakpo Finland, odeakwụkwọ ndị otu Leningrad Andrei Zhdanov nyere Shostakovich ọrụ maka emume ncheta, isiokwu a ga-eme ka ndị agha Red Army na-agagharị n'isi obodo Finland bụ Helsinki. Shostakovich dechara ya na 3 Disemba 1939, ka Red Army nọ na-aga n'ihu na Finnish front na ọchịchị puppet Finnish Democratic Republic tọrọ ntọala ụbọchị atọ tupu mgbe ahụ.