Anatoly Yakovlevich Lepin (; ; , in

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– 24 October 1984, in Moscow) was a

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composer of Latvian origin. He was born in 1907 into the family of Jēkabs Liepiņš, a Latvian instrument tuner, who had recently moved to Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1936, having studied composition with A. N. Aleksandrov, and went on to teach in

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from 1936 to 1938 then in

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from 1938 to 1939. He lived in

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from 1945 to 1950, and during that period composed the Anthem of the Latvian SSR.kino-teatr.ru
/ref> Lepin was married to Milica Svarenieks, a ballerina of Latvian origin, with whom he had a son, Leonid (b. 1946), and a daughter – Tatyana (b. 1953). Lepin died in 1984 and was buried at the

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in Moscow.

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* 1907 births 1984 deaths Soviet classical musicians 20th-century Russian male musicians Composers from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Moscow Conservatory alumni Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian people of Latvian descent Soviet film score composers Soviet male composers Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery {{Russia-composer-stub