 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Prokofiev akanga achirangarira kuita opera kubva munhoroondo ine mukurumbira yaLeo Tolstoy Hondo Norugare, apo nhau dzokupinda kweGermany muSoviet Unionmusi waJune 22, 1941 wakaita kuti nhau yacho iratidzike seyakakodzera nguva zvikuru. Prokofiev akatora makore maviri kuti anyore shanduro yake yapakuvamba yeHondo Norugare. Nemhaka yehondo, akabudiswa pamwe chete nenhamba huru yevamwe vanyori, pakutanga kuCaucasus, kwaakanyora Second String Quartet yake. Parizvino, hukama hwake nemunyori ane makore makumi maviri nemashanu uye munyori wemabhuku Mira Mendelson 1915 1968 pakupedzisira hwakamutungamira kuti aparadzane nemukadzi wake Lina. Pasinei nokuparadzana kwavo kunorwadza, Prokofiev akanga aedza kunyengetedza Lina nevanakomana vavo kuti vaende naye sevanhu vakanga vabviswa muMoscow, asi Lina akasarudza kugara. 