The fate of Yevgeny Tikotsky is a unique monument to the history of the twentieth century, with all its grandiose ups and deep faults, artillery cannonade and triumphant melodies of Victory. He, a nobleman, the son of a rear admiral, who seemed destined for a completely different life, exchanged brilliant St. Petersburg for modest Bobruisk, went through two world wars, became a musical classic, people’s artist, the founder of the Belarusian school of composition and national opera, having experienced and having survived all the zigzags of the era, which could either lift to the top or easily scatter any destiny into dust...
