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Yevtushenko
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Yev·tu·shen·ko  (yvt-shngk, yf-t-shnk), Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Born 1933.
Russian poet. His work, including "Babi Yar" (1961), often examines Soviet political and social problems.
Yevtushenko [ˌjɛvtuːˈʃɛŋkəʊ (Russian) jɪftuˈʃɛnkə]
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(Biographies / Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich (1933 M, Russian, WRITING: poet) Yevgeny Aleksandrovich (jɪvˈgjenij alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). born 1933, Russian poet. His often outspoken poetry includes Babi Yar (1962), Bratsk Station (1966), and Farewell to Red Banner (1992)
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Noun1.Yevtushenko - Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933)
Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko, Yevgeni Yevtushenko
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The massacre was the subject of the revered 13th Symphony of Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich who set to music the poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
Kiev mayor halts hotel plan at Babi Yar massacre site: reports by AFP / AFP Global Edition
By John Pilger "When the truth is replaced by silence," the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, "the silence is a lie.
Holocaust Denied: Lying Silence of Those Who Know by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
The Symphony No 13 (Babi Yar) of Shostakovich is five settings of poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, which were subtly critical of the Soviet way of life - they dealt with anti-Semitism, the treatment of women, the suppression of humour, and the sufferings of the artist through history.
Classical by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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