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Babi Yar Symphony

[ bah-bee yahr sim-fuh-nee ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Babi Yar Symphony1

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

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