{{Short description|Soviet composer}} '''Iona Tuskiya''' (1901–1963)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://catalogue.muziekbibliotheekvandeomroep.nl/starweb/mcowebcat_eng/Fastlink/servlet.starweb?path=mcowebcat_eng%2FFastlink%2Ffastlinkgedenksdat_eng.web&snelzoek1=1963&format=Fastlinkrapport |title=Display of selected composer records from the catalogue of the Netherlands Radio Music Library |access-date=2020-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724161556/http://catalogue.muziekbibliotheekvandeomroep.nl/starweb/mcowebcat_eng/Fastlink/servlet.starweb?path=mcowebcat_eng%2FFastlink%2Ffastlinkgedenksdat_eng.web&snelzoek1=1963&format=Fastlinkrapport |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] composer from [[Georgia SSR]]. He composed music for various movies, such as ''[[Eliso]]'' in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rosfilm.net/film.php?id=1136&cs=0&l=en |title=RosFilm.net |access-date=2009-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724043432/http://rosfilm.net/film.php?id=1136&cs=0&l=en |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1943, he along with several other composers, had entries for a contest to find out what song should be chosen as the [[National Anthem of the Soviet Union]]; the contest was eventually won by [[Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov|Alexander Alexandrov]].<ref name='Shostakovich'>{{cite book | last = Shostakovich | first = Dimitri | author-link = Dmitri Shostakovich |author2=Solomon Volkov | title = Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich | publisher = Limelight Editions | date = 2002-06-12 | pages = 261–262 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GEApb54v-s4C&q=Alexandrov+anthem&pg=PA259 | isbn = 978-0-87910-998-1 }}</ref> His students included composers [[:fr:Vaja_Azarashvili|Vaja Azarashvili]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=MySQL Fatal Error |url=http://iverioni.com.ge/print:page,1,5469-vazha-azarashvili-iubilaria.html |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=iverioni.com.ge}}</ref> [[Dagmara Slianova-Mizandari]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boenke|first=H. Alais|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SD_z8JdtuSIC&dq=dagmara+slianova-mizandari&pg=PA113|title=Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog|date=1988|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-26019-3|language=en}}</ref> and [[Tamara Antonovna Shaverzashvili]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VsYAAAAIAAJ&q=strantz+louise |title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers |date=1987 |publisher=Books & Music (USA) |isbn=978-0-9617485-2-4 |language=en}}</ref>
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