Boris Godunov

or Bo·ris Go·dou·nov, Bo·ris Go·du·noff

[ bawr-is god-n-awf, -of, good-, bohr-; bor-; Russian buh-ryees guh-doo-nawf ]

noun

1. a play (1825) by Pushkin.
2. an opera (1874) by Modest Moussorgsky, based on Pushkin's drama.

Example Sentences

That was the riddle that plagued Boris Godunov what time—in the winter of 1604—he sent his armies to meet the invader.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus it was that they passed Boris Godunov by, and were disappointed in the later cantos of Onegin.

From Project Gutenberg