His production of Vano Muradeli 's opera The Great Friendship was the target of the second Zhdanov Ukase ( 1948 ) .
Target was he who first staged Sergei Prokofiev 's War and Peace , in 1946 .
His production of Vano Muradeli 's opera The Great Friendship was the target of the second Zhdanov Ukase ( 1948 ) , and it was he who first staged Sergei Prokofiev 's War and Peace , in 1946 .