poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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The poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a powerful Soviet-era work condemning antisemitism and historical injustice, using the Nazi massacre at Babi Yar as a symbol of broader persecution and moral failure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| poem "Babi Yar" | 1 |
| poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Context triple: [Babi Yar massacre, inspiredWork, poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko]
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poem "Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton
"Lepanto" is a narrative poem by G. K. Chesterton that celebrates the 1571 naval victory of the Holy League over the Ottoman Empire with vivid, martial imagery and a strongly Catholic, heroic tone.
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Mayakovskaya
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Anna Akhmatova
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The Poet
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Target entity description: The poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a powerful Soviet-era work condemning antisemitism and historical injustice, using the Nazi massacre at Babi Yar as a symbol of broader persecution and moral failure.
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A.
poem "Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton
"Lepanto" is a narrative poem by G. K. Chesterton that celebrates the 1571 naval victory of the Holy League over the Ottoman Empire with vivid, martial imagery and a strongly Catholic, heroic tone.
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B.
Mayakovskaya
Mayakovskaya is a renowned Moscow Metro station celebrated for its elegant Stalin-era Art Deco architecture and status as one of the system’s most beautiful and historically significant stops.
-
C.
The Schmuel Song
"The Schmuel Song" is a whimsical, storytelling musical number from Jason Robert Brown's stage musical "The Last Five Years," in which the character Jamie narrates a fable-like tale to encourage his partner's artistic dreams.
-
D.
Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova was a major Russian poet whose emotionally intense and politically charged work made her one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century.
-
E.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a seminal essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the nature, role, and visionary power of the poet in society and in expressing universal truths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| addresses |
Jewish suffering during the Holocaust
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Russian complicity and indifference ⓘ universal human solidarity ⓘ |
| author | Yevgeny Yevtushenko ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | subject to Soviet censorship and pressure ⓘ |
| controversy | provoked official Soviet criticism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Nazi atrocities
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Soviet suppression of Holocaust memory ⓘ antisemitism in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
became emblematic text of Holocaust remembrance in the USSR
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helped draw global attention to Babi Yar massacre ⓘ |
| famousLine |
“I feel myself a Jew”
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“No monument stands over Babi Yar” ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Literaturnaya Gazeta ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poem
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political poem ⓘ protest literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Eastern Front of World War II
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surface form:
World War II on the Eastern Front
post-Stalin Soviet Union ⓘ |
| historicalEventDepicted | mass shooting of Jews at Babi Yar in 1941 ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Yevtushenko’s poetry ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich
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surface form:
Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” by Dmitri Shostakovich
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| languageFeature |
allusions to historical persecutions of Jews
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use of personal identification with victims ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Thaw-era Soviet literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
de-Stalinization
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surface form:
Khrushchev Thaw
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| mainTheme |
Holocaust remembrance
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Soviet antisemitism ⓘ antisemitism ⓘ historical injustice ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1961-09-19 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| reception | widely acclaimed internationally ⓘ |
| settingOfText |
Babi Yar massacre
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surface form:
Babi Yar ravine near Kyiv
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| subject | Babi Yar massacre ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
broader persecution of Jews
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moral failure of society ⓘ unacknowledged historical guilt ⓘ |
| title | Babi Yar ⓘ |
| tone |
accusatory
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indignant ⓘ mournful ⓘ |
| usedAsTextIn | Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, first movement ⓘ |
| yearOfCollaborationWithShostakovich | 1962 ⓘ |
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Subject: poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Description of subject: The poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a powerful Soviet-era work condemning antisemitism and historical injustice, using the Nazi massacre at Babi Yar as a symbol of broader persecution and moral failure.
Referenced by (2)
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Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich
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poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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subject surface form:
Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"
this entity surface form:
poem "Babi Yar"