Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1939, kafin
Sojojin Soviet sun yi ƙoƙari su mamaye Finland, Sakataren Jam'iyyar Leningrad Andrei Zhdanov ya ba da umarnin wani biki daga Shostakovich, "Suite on Finnish Themes", don a yi shi yayin da ƙungiyoyin Red Army ke tafiya ta Helsinki. Yaƙin hunturu ya kasance mummunan ƙwarewa ga Red Army, ba a taɓa yin fareti ba, kuma Shostakovich bai taɓa da'awar marubucin wannan aikin ba. Ba a yi shi ba har sai 2001. Bayan barkewar yaki tsakanin Tarayyar Soviet da Jamus a 1941, Shostakovich da farko ya kasance a Leningrad. Ya yi ƙoƙari ya shiga soja amma aka ƙi shi domin ba ya gani sosai. Don ramawa, ya zama mai ba da agaji ga rukunin kashe gobara na Leningrad Conservatory kuma ya ba da watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo ga mutanen Soviet. "" An buga hoton da ya sanya a cikin jaridu a duk faɗin ƙasar.