Vano Muradeli
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Vano Muradeli (Georgian: ვანო მურადელი; Russian: Вано Ильич Мурадели; 6 April [O.S. 24 March] 1908 in Gori – 14 August 1970 in Tomsk) was a Soviet Georgian composer.
Born in Gori, Georgia, then part of Imperial Russia, he graduated from Tbilisi State Conservatory in 1931. From 1934 to 1938, he worked at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1942 to 1944, he served as a principal and artistic director of the Central Ensemble of the Soviet Navy. In 1948, his opera The Great Friendship was censured by the resolution of the Communist Party Central Committee. After Stalin's death, he was restored to favor and granted the title of the People's Artist of the USSR in 1968.
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