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Livet for tsaren
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Livet for tsaren eller Ivan Susanin (russisk Жизнь за царя, Zhizn' za tsarja) er ein opera i fem akter med musikk av Mikhail Glinka. Librettoen som bygger på historiske hendingar blei skriven av Nestor Kukolnik, Jegor Rozen, Vladimir Sollogub og Vasilij Zjukovskij.
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