tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post6623816000343345736..comments2023-10-06T01:45:50.515-07:00Comments on Above The Borderline: Mstislav Rostropovich: 1927 - 2007Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post-10683759356458877402007-04-28T18:49:00.000-07:002007-04-28T18:49:00.000-07:00Solzhenitsyn mourns Rostropovich's death MOSCO...Solzhenitsyn mourns Rostropovich's death<BR/><BR/> MOSCOW. April 27 (Interfax) - Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn said<BR/>the death of renown cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich is a<BR/>bitter blow to Russian culture.<BR/> "The departure of Mstislav Rostropovich is a bitter blow to our<BR/>culture. They [the Soviet authorities] attempted to separate him from it<BR/>by force when they deprived him of citizenship thirty years ago," a<BR/>statement sent to Interfax by Solzhenitsyn on Friday reads.<BR/> "I can testify how it was painful to him. Meanwhile he glorified<BR/>Russian culture throughout the world. Farewell, beloved friend!" - the<BR/>statement says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com