Tag #114292 - Interview #78500 (Alla Yasnogorodskaya)

My great-grandfather on my mother’s side, Nohum Yasnogorodsky, was born in the settlement of Yasnogorodsk, Belaya Tserkov, near Kiev. The name Yasnogorodsky comes from the name of this settlement. Nohum lived in Kiev. He received no education except cheder, but he  became famous for his songs, for which he wrote both the words and the music.