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Babi Yar Symphony
[ bah-bee yahr sim-fuh-nee ]
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 Symphony1
Named after Babi Yar ( def ), Russian equivalent of Ukrainian Babyn Yar ( def ), literally “old woman's ravine”
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