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reading this for my school irp, hope it goes well

“History is not simply the great tumults and tragedies but the accumulation of tiny moments and gestures.” (379)

“The symphony meant many things to many people… But for the people of Leningrad, it meant something else entirely: it gave them an identity… ‘This was our symphony. Leningrad’s.’… the symphony showed them that they belonged.” (Pg. 345) “It transformed them from victims into the pride of Russia.”