Georgy Sviridov (Russian: Георгий Васильевич Свиридов; 1915-1998) was a classical Russian composer whose career coincided with the Soviet era. Among Sviridov's most popular orchestral pieces are the Romance and the Waltz from his Snowstorm, musical illustrations after Pushkin (1975), that were originally written for the eponymous 1964 TV film (Метель) based on the short story from Pushkin's "Belkin's tales" (Повести Белкина).