Babi Yar
Babi Yar or Babyn Yar is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and site of Nazi massacres
- Also known as: “Babi Jarin joukkomurha”, “Babi Yar Katliamı”, “Babi-Yar”, “Babii Yar”, “Babijjara”, “Babin Yar”, “Baby Yar”, “Babyn Yar”, “Bloedbad van Babi Yar”, “Het bloedbad van Babi Jar”, “kvinnekløften”, “Masaker v rokline Babij Jar”, “Massacre de kiev”, “Massacro di Kiev”, “Weiberschlucht”, “Μπαμπί Γιάρ”, “Μπάμπι Γιάρ”, “Бабин яр”, “באביאר”, “בבי יאר”, “טבח באבי יאר”, “بابیجار”, “บาบีย์ยาร์”, and “バビヤール”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Dorohozhychi and Kyiv TV Tower.
Dorohozhychi
Metro station
Kyiv TV Tower
Tower
Photo: Artemka, Public domain.Tatiana Markus monument
Memorial
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorohozhychi and Repiahiv Yar.
Babi Yar
- Categories: place of mass murder, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kyiv, Central Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.472° or 50° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
30.44934° or 30° 26′ 58″ east
Elevation
166 metres (545 feet)
Open location code
9G2GFCCX+RP
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Babi Yar” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Babin Jar”
- Arabic: “بابي يار”
- Armenian: “Բաբի Յառի կոտորածներ”
- Azerbaijani: “Babi Yar”
- Belarusian: “Бабін Яр”
- Bengali: “বাবি ইয়ার”
- Bosnian: “Babin Jar”
- Breton: “Babi Yar”
- Bulgarian: “Бабин Яр”
- Catalan: “Babi Iar”
- Chinese: “娘子谷大屠殺”
- Chuvash: “Бабий Яр”
- Croatian: “Babyn Jar”
- Czech: “Babí Jar”
- Danish: “Babij Jar”
- Dutch: “Babi Jar”
- Dutch: “Bloedbad van Babi Jar”
- Esperanto: “Babij Jar”
- Esperanto: “Babin Jar”
- Estonian: “Babõn Jar”
- Finnish: “Babyn Jar”
- French: “Babi Yar”
- French: “Massacre de Babi Yar”
- Georgian: “ბაბი-იარი”
- German: “Babyn Jar”
- Greek: “Μπάμπι Γιαρ”
- Hebrew: “באבי יאר”
- Hungarian: “Babij Jar”
- Indonesian: “Babi Yar”
- Italian: “Babij Jar”
- Japanese: “バビ・ヤール”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Babiy yar”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Babiy Yar”
- Kazakh: “Бабий яр”
- Kazakh: “Бабий Яр”
- Korean: “바비 야르 학살”
- Korean: “바비 야르”
- Latin: “Babij Jar”
- Latvian: “Babinjara”
- Lithuanian: “Babij Jaras”
- Lithuanian: “Babin Jaras”
- Luxembourgish: “Babyn Jar”
- Macedonian: “Бабин Јар”
- Malay: “Babi Yar”
- Mazanderani: “بابی یار قتل عام”
- Newari: “बाबि यार”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Babij Jar”
- Norwegian: “Babij Jar”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Babi Yar”
- Persian: “بابی یار”
- Polish: “Babi Jar”
- Portuguese: “Babi Yar”
- Romanian: “Babi Iar”
- Russian: “Бабий Яр”
- Scots: “Babi Yar”
- Serbian: “Бабин Јар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Babin Jar”
- Slovak: “Babyn Jar”
- Slovenian: “Babji Jar”
- Spanish: “Babi Yar”
- Swedish: “Babij Jar”
- Tatar: “Babiy Yar”
- Thai: “บาบึนยาร์”
- Turkish: “Babi Yar”
- Ukrainian: “Memorialnyi Kompleks Babyn Yar”
- Ukrainian: “Бабин Яр”
- Ukrainian: “Меморіальний Комплекс Бабин Яр”
- Urdu: “بابی جار”
- Urdu: “بابی یار”
- Uzbek: “Babiy yar”
- Uzbek: “Babiy Yar”
- Vietnamese: “Thảm sát Babyn Jar”
- Western Panjabi: “بابی یار”
- Wu Chinese: “娘子谷大屠杀”
- Yiddish: “באבי יאר”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Urochyshche Babyn Yar and Syrets.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Aleksandria and Alexandria.
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