Maryina Roshcha

...Young Uslad was born on the banks of the Moscow River in a poor hut, from honest parents. Nature endowed him with a beautiful soul, a beautiful face, and the gift of composing прекрасні пісні (beautiful songs). Often, lying on the banks of bright Moscow and gazing at its silver waves, he would see off the evening dawn with his ringing horn. Pleasant sounds spread along the shores and echoed from the shady grove of sennitsa. Young rural girls loved…