Alexander Kholminov

Alexander Nikolaevich Kolminov (Александр Николаевич Хо́лминов; 8 September 1925 — 26 November 2015), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer.
He is best known for the Soviet opera "An Optimistic Tragedy" based on the play of the same name by Vsevolod Vishnevsky. The role of the commissar was created by Anna Arkhipova.