Babi Yar

Babi Yar or Babyn Yar is a ravine in the capital and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II.
  • Historical site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 170 metres (540 feet)
  • Description: ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and site of Nazi massacres
  • Also known as
    “Babin Yar”
    “Babiy Yar”
    “Babyn Yar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Dorohozhychi and Kyiv TV Tower.
Metro station
is a Kyiv Metro station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.
200 metres north of Babi Yar
Artemka, Public domain.
Tower
The is a 385 m-high lattice metal …
310 metres east of Babi Yar
Memorial
is a memorial.
220 metres southwest of Babi Yar

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorohozhychi and Repiahiv Yar.
Neighborhood
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Latitude
50.472° or 50° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
30.44934° or 30° 26′ 58″ east
Open location code
9G2GFCCX+RP
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Babi Yar” goes by many names.
Babin JarAfrikaans
بابي يارArabic
Բաբի Յառի կոտորածներArmenian
Babi YarAzerbaijani
Бабін ЯрBelarusian
বাবি ইয়ারBengali
Babin JarBosnian
Babi YarBreton
Бабин ЯрBulgarian
Babi IarCatalan
娘子谷大屠殺Chinese
Бабий ЯрChuvash
Babyn JarCroatian
Babí JarCzech
Babij JarDanish
Babi JarDutch
Babi YarDutch
Babyn JarDutch
Bloedbad van Babi JarDutch
Bloedbad van Babi YarDutch
Het bloedbad van Babi JarDutch
Babij JarEsperanto
Babin JarEsperanto
Babi JarEstonian
Babõn JarEstonian
Babi JarFinnish
Babi Jarin joukkomurhaFinnish
Μπαμπί ΓιάρGreek
באבי יארHebrew
באביארHebrew
בבי יארHebrew
טבח באבי יארHebrew
Babij JarHungarian
Babi YarIndonesian
Babi YarItalian
Babij JarItalian
Massacro di KievItalian
バビ・ヤールJapanese
Babiy YarKara-Kalpak
Бабий ЯрKazakh
바비 야르Korean
바비 야르 학살Korean
Babi JarLatin
Babi YarLatin
Babij JarLatin
BabijjaraLatvian
BabinjaraLatvian
Babij JarasLithuanian
Babin JarasLithuanian
Babyn JarLuxembourgish
Бабин ЈарMacedonian
Babi YarMalay
بابی یار قتل عامMazanderani
बाबि यारNewari
Babij JarNorwegian
Babij JarNorwegian Bokmål
Babyn JarNorwegian Bokmål
kvinnekløftenNorwegian Bokmål
Babi YarNupe-Nupe-Tako
بابی یارPersian
Babi JarPolish
Babi IarRomanian
Бабий ЯрRussian
Бабин ярRussian
Babi YarScots
Бабин ЈарSerbian
Babin JarSerbo-Croatian
Babij JarSlovak
Babyn JarSlovak
Masaker v rokline Babij JarSlovak
Babji JarSlovenian
Babi JarSwedish
Babij JarSwedish
Babiy YarTatar
บาบีย์ยาร์Thai
บาบึนยาร์Thai
Babi YarTurkish
Babi Yar KatliamıTurkish
Memorialnyi Kompleks Babyn YarUkrainian
Бабин ЯрUkrainian
Меморіальний Комплекс Бабин ЯрUkrainian
بابی جارUrdu
بابی یارUrdu
Babiy YarUzbek
Thảm sát Babyn JarVietnamese
بابی جارWestern Panjabi
بابی یارWestern Panjabi
娘子谷大屠杀Wu Chinese
באבי יארYiddish

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