This publication is based on the collotype edition—D. Shostakovich, “Poem of the Motherland”, Muzfond of the USSR, Moscow, 1947, collated with the author’s manuscript kept at RNMM, rec. gr. 32, f. 80.
When necessary, the piano score published in this book—D. Shostakovich, New Collected Works, Vol. 78, DSCH, Moscow, was also referred to.