Matvey Blanter
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Matvei Isaakovich Blanter (ru: Матвей Исаакович Блантер) (Pochep, near Bryansk, 10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1903 - Moscow 24 September 1990) was one of the most important composers of popular and film music in Russia. Born into a family of a poor Jewish artisan in Pochep, which at the time was a part of Ukraine.
Among many other songs, he wrote the immensely popular "Katyusha", and "Song about Shchors". He was active as a composer until 1975, producing more than two thousand songs.
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