Findings
| When | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1970-1978 | Rostropovich publicly defended artistic freedom and human rights in the Soviet Union. In the early 1970s, he sheltered dissident writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at his home and supported him publicly, leading to restrictions on his career, exile from the Soviet Union in 1974, and the loss of his Soviet citizenship in 1978. | Source |
| Together with his wife Galina Vishnevskaya, Rostropovich supported humanitarian programs, including a foundation that funded children's health initiatives in Russia. The foundation established vaccination programs that reached millions of children. | Source |
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