Borys Hmyria, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBorys Hmyria
Ukrainian singer
Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1903
Place of Birth: Lebedyn, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
Date of Death: 01-Aug-1969
Profession: singer, opera singer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Borys Hmyria
- Borys Romanovich Hmyria (Ukrainian: ????? ????????? ?????; Russian: ????? ????????? ?????; sometimes spelt as Gmyrya; born 1903 in Lebedyn—died 1969 in Kiev), PAU, was a Ukrainian basso cantante singer of opera and art song. During World War II, he stayed in Nazi-occupied Poltava where he performed for the Germans.
- This kind of behavior was considered to be collaboration with enemy by the Soviet authorities, and Hmyria would have been imprisoned and executed were it not for Joseph Stalin's intervention.
- Hmyria's partner, Valentina Ishchenko, was not so lucky and was exiled to Vorkuta. A friend of Dmitry Shostakovich, Hmyria was asked by the composer to participate in the premiere of his Thirteenth Symphony as lead soloist.
- Hmyria refused for fear of political repercussions.
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