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Example sentences for: yuri

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The Soviet Union put the first satellite in orbit, Sputnik, and the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
The clearest examples of charismatic musicianship that I've seen lately have been in performances by Yuri Bashmet, the Russian violist, who was in New York not long ago, conducting his own chamber orchestra at Carnegie Hall and playing with the Philharmonic under Kurt Masur.
Under the headline "New Russian Ambassador To Play It Tough in Washington," the Russian daily Segodnya said that Yuri Ushakov, who flew to Washington Tuesday to take up his post, had been given instructions "reminiscent of Cold War documents" by the Russian foreign ministry.
And, all the while, Yuri Bashmet goes threading his way across the foreground, a lonely man with an eerie and haunting sound, sometimes quietly shrieking, sometimes singing lyrically--a heartbreaking figure, heartbreakingly courageous--until, by the end, he seems to be quietly sobbing.
The coalition, called Fatherland-All-Russia, was created two weeks ago by the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov.