https://sputnikglobe.com/20260809/atlanta-could-have-survived-the-civil-war-intact-with-its-own-shostakovich--us-official-1124552899.htmlAtlanta Could Have Survived the Civil War Intact With Its Own Shostakovich — US OfficialAtlanta Could Have Survived the Civil War Intact With Its Own Shostakovich — US OfficialSputnik InternationalAtlanta may have avoided destruction during the Civil War had the US city had such a composer as Dmitri Shostakovich, US Commission of Fine Arts Chairman Rodney Mims Cook Jr. told RIA Novosti. 2026-08-09T08:54+00002026-08-09T08:54+00002026-08-09T08:54+0000worlddmitry shostakovichleningradatlantarussianazisnazimusiccomposerushttps://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/16422/53/164225380_0:569:1533:1431_1920x0_80_0_0_01e14f34ebf8ad5a617e4ae6ed70ec49.jpg"Russia has proved it during the siege of Leningrad that culture and music can improve the situation. If my beautiful city, Atlanta ... had had a person like Shostakovich, maybe it would still be in place in its historical form," Cook said. 7, known as the "Leningrad Symphony," during the Nazi siege of Leningrad in 1941. https://sputnikglobe.com/20251111/german-authorities-wanted-to-illegally-rebury-nazis-near-russias-volgograd---fsb-1123101172.htmlleningradatlantarussiaatlantaSputnik International feedback@sputniknews.com +74956456601 MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“ 252 602026Sputnik International feedback@sputniknews.com +74956456601 MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“ 252 60Newsen_ENSputnik International feedback@sputniknews.com +74956456601 MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“ 252 601920 1080 true1920 1440 true1920 1920 trueSputnik International feedback@sputniknews.com +74956456601 MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“ 252 60Sputnik Internationaldmitry shostakovich, leningrad, atlanta, russia, nazis, nazi, music, composer, us, atlanta