Press conference of M.L. Rostropovich in St. Petersburg

Russia. Saint Petersburg. May 4, 1994. Saint Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak and Russian cellist, pianist, conductor and composer Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (from left to right) at the Oktyabrsky Grand Concert Hall at a press conference dedicated to the launch of the "Let's Help Compatriots" campaign, the goal of which is to raise funds for the construction of a 100-apartment residential building for Russian military pensioners in the Pushkinsky District. Yuri Belinsky/TASS