[left that other site]

Of course, far be it for me to say ANYTHING critical about EITHER Sergei OR Igor, considering that the worst I have ever had to put up with as an artist is life under Obama, and they BOTH had to put up with STALIN! ((((shudder))))

[Publius]

Prokofiev left Russia for Paris during the revolution, but then returned to Russia under Stalin, where he stayed. He died the same day as Stalin, but because the streets were mobbed due to the dictator's death, it took 3 days before they could move Prokofiev's body out of the house. It must have been a tough 3 days for the people trapped with him in the house.

Stravinsky left Ukraine for Switzerland when World War I broke out, and he never returned to Russia again except for a concert tour in 1962.