Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 a C manyan, Op. 60, wanda ake kira Leningrad, an fara shi a Leningrad, an kammala shi a garin Samara (wanda aka sani da Kuybyshev) a watan Disamba na 1941, kuma an fara shi a wannan birni a ranar 5 ga Maris, 1942. Da farko an sadaukar da shi ga Lenin, a ƙarshe an gabatar da shi don girmama garin Leningrad da aka kewaye, inda aka fara buga shi a cikin mawuyacin yanayi a ranar 9 ga Agusta, 1942, yayin kewaye da Jamusawa da
Sojojin Finland. "Leningrad" ba da daɗewa ba ya zama sananne a cikin Tarayyar Soviet da Yammacin Turai a matsayin alama ce ta juriya ga fasikanci da mulkin kama karya, godiya a wani ɓangare ga mai shirya fim ɗin a Samara da isar da shi a ɓoye, ta hanyar Tehran da Alkahira, zuwa New York, inda Arturo Toscanini ya jagoranci wasan kwaikwayo na watsa shirye-shirye (19 ga Yuli, 1942) kuma mujallar "Time" ta sanya Shostakovich a kan murfinsa. Wannan shaharar ta ɗan ragu bayan 1945, amma har yanzu ana ɗaukar aikin a matsayin babban wasiƙar kiɗa ga mutane miliyan 27 na Soviet da suka rasa rayukansu a Yaƙin Duniya na II, kuma ana yawan buga shi a makabartar Leningrad, inda aka binne rabin miliyan wadanda aka kashe a cikin kwanaki 900 na Siege na Leningrad.