 Mstislav Rostropovich spent his early years in _____  Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, now the capital of the independent republic of Azerbaijan.

 He got his musical education in _____  in Moscow, at the Moscow Conservatoire.

 He studied not only the piano but also _____  the cello, conducting and composition.

 _____ he was awarded the highest distinction of the Soviet Union.  In 1950, at the age of 23

 Rostropovich's support for dissidents led to official disgrace and as a result he _____  was restricted from foreign touring, was sent on a tour of small towns in Siberia and in 1974 left the Soviet Union with his wife and children and settled in the United States.

 Rostropovich was a huge influence on _____  the younger generation of cellists.

 Rostropovich was a musical director and conductor of the US National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D. C. from _____ to _____ 

 His performance during the fall of the Berlin Wall was shown _____  on television throughout the world.

 His Russian citizenship was _____  restored in 1990, although he and his family had already become American citizens.

 He received many _____  international awards.

 Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich died in Moscow on _____  April 27, 2007.