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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A ravine outside Kiev in north-central Ukraine where over 30,000 Jews were killed by German troops in 1941.
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On the way back to Moscow we stopped in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, most of whose Jews had died during the Nazi occupation in what was known as the Babi Yar massacre.
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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On the way back to Moscow we stopped in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, most of whose Jews had died during the Nazi occupation in what was known as the Babi Yar massacre.
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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On the way back to Moscow we stopped in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, most of whose Jews had died during the Nazi occupation in what was known as the Babi Yar massacre.
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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Levinson to helm 'Babi Yar' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
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Poetic Obituaries: Among Yuri Kaplan's many works was "Babi Yar," although it did not achieve the renown of Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem of the same name.
Archive 2009-07-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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If you get a chance, do check out the concert because your chances of hearing "Babi Yar" live in this lifetime aren't all that great and it is extraordinary music, but you might just want to sneak in at intermission.
Rostropovich and Shostakovich, Round 2 sfmike 2006
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In 1962 he published four poems highly critical of the Soviet Union, including "Babi Yar," about a massacre of Jews unsuccessfully covered up by the Soviets.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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One of his best-known poems is 1961's "Babi Yar," which denounces anti-Semitism and the failure of Soviet authorities to build a monument commemorating the Nazi massacre of Jews in
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One of his best-known poems is 1961's "Babi Yar," which denounces anti-Semitism and the failure of Soviet authorities to build a monument commemorating the Nazi massacre of Jews in
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Symphony #13 in B-flat Minor "Babi Yar," for bass, bass chorus, and orchestra (1962)
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