My brother Yakov Usherenko.
My older brother Yakov left the family almost when I was born. He finished the trade school named after Brodsky (sugar manufacturer) in Kiev and left for Moscow. He got a job of a baker at the Filippov bakery. He also wrote articles about achievements of this bakery to a newspaper and was sent to study at the Institute of Journalism in Moscow. Upon graduation from the Institute he got a job for "Pravda" newspaper, the central newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee. He was soon promoted to a member of editorial board. He didn't support us financially, but he subscribed Pravda for my parents and a children's magazine and "Pionerskaya Pravda" for me. When this important brother from Pravda came to Kiev he stayed in Astoria, one of the best hotels, and he had a car at his disposal. This was the first time when I got a ride in a car.
My brother Yakov returned from the front and began to work for "Pravda" newspaper.
My brother Yakov died in Moscow in 1993. He was a famous Journalist.
