<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1939, ngaphambi kokuba  <response>: Amabutho aseSoviet ayezohlasela iFinland, uNobhala Weqembu laseLeningrad uAndrei Zhdanov wayala uShostakovich ukuba enze ucezu lokugubha, isihloko esasizoqhutshwa njengoba amaqembu ahamba e-Red Army ayezodlula enhlokodolobha yaseFinland iHelsinki. UShostakovich waqeda ukubhala ngoDisemba 3, 1939, njengoba iButho EliBomvu lalithuthuka ngaphambili eFinland futhi umbuso onodoli iRiphabhulikhi Yentando Yeningi YaseFinland yasungulwa ezinsukwini ezintathu ngaphambili. 