A work was created by the composer under the impression of Bazhov's work, namely his tale "Dear Name" - Symphony-ballad "Azov-mountain". It was completed in the summer of 1944, and its premiere took place in 1945 at the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic and conducted by Mark Paverman. In 1950, A. Muravlev was awarded the Stalin Prize for this work. In 1959, the work was performed several times in the USA under the baton of Leoplod Stokowski .