Stepan Degtyarev

Stepan Anikiyevich Degtyarev or Degtyatryov (Russian: Степан Аникиевич Дегтярёв; 1766 – 5 May 1813), was a Russian composer. Born into a serf family, he stood out among other serf composers. He was most famous for his nationalistic Russian choral music.

His oratorio Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow (1811) concerned the 1612 liberation of Moscow from Polish occupation during the Time of Troubles interregnum by the Second Zemschina Army led by Kuzma Minin-Sukhoruk, a fishmonger, and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky.

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