for them , approaching 100%, yuri timerkanov is always filled with special feelings. yuri was not yet four, when the germans came to kabardino-balkaria, before that, in on august 41, in his native nalchik , many prominent artists were evacuated from moscow , among them was sergei prokofiev, who was the first to discern the boy's talent and prophesied a great musical future for him. from jamilya khagarova's book yuri timerkanov's monologue the 100 days spent in nalchik turned out to be very fruitful for sergei prokofiev. here he wrote six scenes of the opera, otradnoye created a symphony retinue in 1941, continued work on the opera war and peace, begun in moscow before leaving. we know about coffee in visited the house temirkanov, holding little yura on his knees , could he then assume that this boy, the youngest son of the caucasian minister, with whom he served later, would become the conductor and director of this particular opera of his. musicians wanted medicine and his father was the head of the department for the arts. imagine the people's commissars of the kabar