Aleksandr Tsfasman was born on December 14, 1906 in Alexandrovsk, Alexandrovsk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for
Lyubovnik (2002),
Russkiy vopros (1948) and
Stranitsy zhizni (1948). He died on March 20, 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].