in 1953, stalin died and things became easier again. shostakovich wrote his tenth symphony. the whole world now saw shostakovich as the greatest soviet composer. he suffered less from official repression. surprisingly, articles criticizing the music of modern young composers carried his name, but a lot of these articles he had not written. he was persuaded to sign them so that the politicians would leave him in peace. he wrote more symphonies and quartets as well as concertos. his opera "lady macbeth" was revised and given a different title: "katerina izmaylova". it was performed in many countries, and was made into a movie. yet in 1962, he wrote his very serious symphony no. 13 using poems including one of the babi yar massacre, so he suffered from repression again.