Editing Nikolai Myaskovsky (section)

{{Short description|Russian and Soviet composer (1881–1950)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Yakovlevich|Myaskovsky|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Nikolai Myaskovsky
| image              = Nikolai Myaskovsky.jpg
| alt                = Black and white portrait of 
| image_upright      = 1.2
| caption            = Myaskovsky in 1912
| native_name        = {{nobold|{{langr|ru|Никола́й Мяско́вский}}}}
| birth_place        = [[Modlin Fortress|Nowogieorgiewsk]], [[Congress Poland]], [[Russian Empire]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1881|04|20|df=y}}
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1950|08|08|1881|04|20|df=y}}
| death_place        = Moscow, [[Soviet Union]]
| education          = [[Saint Petersburg Conservatory]]
| occupation         = {{ubl| Composer | Academic teacher }}
| works              = [[List of compositions by Nikolai Myaskovsky|List of compositions]]
}}
'''Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky'''{{refn|Also transliterated as '''Miaskovsky''' or '''Miaskowsky'''}} ({{langx|ru|Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский}}; {{langx|pl|Mikołaj Miąskowski}}; 20 April 1881{{spaced ndash}}8 August 1950), was a Russian and [[USSR|Soviet]] [[composer]]. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet [[Symphony]]". Myaskovsky was awarded the [[State Stalin Prize|Stalin Prize]] five times.