I have.... questions??

Sure

What the f**k is this and what were they trying to do?

Well shostakovich lived during the ussr era, he hated the ideology and stalin too. So it caused a lot of paranoia and anxiety for him, because communists censored his music a lot. He also had a suitcase with him when he was in public in case he got arrested

What was in the suitcase?

Clothes and supplies to use in prison

Cool. But wouldn't they confiscate that?

Probable. Paranoia does its own, anyway

Correct.

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I searched "tortured soul" in pinterest and got a bunch of shostakovich pictures

THAT STARE AHAHA