Babi Yar Symphony

[ bah-bee yahr-sim-fuh-nee ]

/ ˈbɑ bi ˈyɑr ˈsɪm fə ni /

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noun

a symphony (1962) by Dimitri Dimitrievich Shostakovich: inspired by Yevgeny Yevtushenko's 1961 poem of the same name.

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Origin of Babi Yar Symphony

Named after Babi Yar, Russian equivalent of Ukrainian Babyn Yar, literally “old woman's ravine”

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