One composer from this country wrote the ballet The Red Poppy.
One composer from this country wrote the ballet The Red Poppy. In addition to Reinhold Gliere, this country was the place of origin for a pianist who gave a legendary concert in 1968 in Carnegie Hall. Another composer from this country wrote a piece for piano and orchestra based off the twenty-fourth of Paganini's caprices. Yet another composer from this country dedicated his eleventh symphony to "The Year 1905," and titled his seventh symphony after this country's besieged city of Leningrad. For 10 points, name this country home to pianist Vladimir Horowitz, as well as the composers Sergei Rachmaninoff and Dmitri Shostakovich.
One composer from this country wrote the ballet The Red Poppy.
{Russia} or {Rossiya} [accept {Soviet Union} or {Union of Soviet Socialist Republics}]