Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1939, kafin sojojin Soviet su mamaye Finland
, Sakataren Jam'iyyar na Leningrad Andrei Zhdanov ya ba da umarnin wani yanki na bikin daga Shostakovich, taken da za a yi yayin da ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyin Red Army za su yi faretin ta babban birnin Finland Helsinki. Shostakovich ya gama hadawa a ranar 3 ga Disamba, 1939, yayin da Red Army ke ci gaba a gaban Finnish kuma an kafa Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Finnish kwanaki uku da suka gabata.