Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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Who was Yevgeny Yevtushenko?
Soviet poet whose work 'Babi Yar' (1961) condemned antisemitism and became one of the most influential poems of the post-Stalin era. He was a leading voice of the 1960s cultural thaw and performed his poetry to massive audiences worldwide.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Yevgeny Yevtushenko (CC BY-SA 4.0).