Shostakovich by Elizabeth Wilson

Author:Elizabeth Wilson [Elizabeth Wilson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571261154
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2011-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

With Stalin’s death in March 1953, I noticed Dmitri Dmitriyevich’s sense of relief. Although the enormous pressure that weighed on him throughout life was somewhat eased, he felt no sense of euphoria. We were left with the feeling that the regime was indestructible under the ruling triumvirate of Molotov, Malenkov and Beriya. The latter still cast a heavy shadow on the country, although rumours started to gain ground that it was actually Beriya who would bring order into the KGB, establish justice and release the prisoners from the camps. We had this information from the wife of Maisky, the ex-ambassador to London, who had been arrested and sent to the camps. I came to see the Shostakoviches to tell them this news. Suddenly Dmitri Dmitriyevich pounced on me:

‘How can you believe such deliberate lies, lies that have been put into circulation by that department! Beriya, who personally cut up corpses and flushed them down the toilet, now wants people to believe that he has grown wings. And you are inclined to believe it!2

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