sentences:  In 1937 Fomin was arrested, apparently as a result of violations in the Russian province of the ban imposed on his songs.He spent a year in Butyrka, then was released.Rumour had it, Stalin admired his song "Sasha" (with lyrics by Pavel German), as performed by Izabella Yurieva, although the biographers doubt that would have been good enough reason for the Soviet leader to personally interfere.