Solomon Volkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Solomon Volkov

American musicologist

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: Khujand, Sughd Province, Tajikistan

Profession: writer, journalist, musicologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov (Russian: ??????? ????????? ??????; born 17 April 1944) is a Russian journalist and musicologist.
He is best known for Testimony, which was published in 1979 following his emigration from the Soviet Union in 1976.
He claimed that the book was the memoir of Dmitri Shostakovich, as related to him by the composer.