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

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

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

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

5.  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.

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

7.  Rostropovich was a musical director and conductor of the US National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D. C. from _____ to _____  1977... 1994

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

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

10.  He received many _____  international awards.

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