Kusiel(Kuska in the 1897 census) Yankelevich Usdin was born in 1885.He was my grandfather eldest brother.He escaped the holocaust as he was in Leningrad
Ksiel or Kusiel is Yekutiel, a biblical name
(one of the members of the Tribe of Juda. See Chronicles I, 4:18:
"Jekuthiel father of Zanoch").
David Kusielovich Usdin was Kusiel's son and Micha's father (see below)
Mikhail Davidovich Usdin is David's son.He was born in the 1940ies and lives in St Petersburg.In the photo is Mikhail, his wife , Galia and daughter Vika. Vika is a journalist in St. Petersburg.
Galia and me in St Petersburg
Micha's grandmother tombstone in the cemetery of St Petersburg
Galia Usdin 2007
The Lavabo house at the Jewish cemetery of St Petersburg
