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Borodin

American  
[bawr-uh-deen, bor-, buh-ruh-dyeen] / ˈbɔr əˌdin, ˈbɒr-, bə rʌˈdjin /

noun

  1. Aleksandr Porfirevich 1833–87, Russian composer and chemist.


Borodin British  
/ bəraˈdin, ˈbɒrədɪn /

noun

  1. Aleksandr Porfirevich (alɪkˈsandr pərfiˈrjevitʃ). 1834–87, Russian composer, whose works include the unfinished opera Prince Igor , symphonies, songs, and chamber music

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"People will always find a way to get what they want," says Aleksei Borodin from AppDB.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2025

Oleksandr Borodin, press officer for Ukraine's third separate assault brigade, said Russian forces were launching major infantry attacks, while trying to keep equipment intact.

From Reuters Nov. 10, 2023

During the flight to Mongolia, he recommended that journalists listen to the 19th century Georgian-Russian composer Alexander Borodin and his “Steppes of Central Asia” to better understand and appreciate the vastness of the region.

From Seattle Times Sep. 4, 2023

And although it certainly does tap a folkloric vein, it also reveals Borodin as a bit of a futurist, his themes fragmenting and multiplying in ways that seem defiant — progressive, even.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2022

These men, Balakireff, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakoff and Moussorgsky, have done for the free expression of the Russian temperament in music what Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoyevsky represent in literature.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

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