Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Anton Berezowski (Russian) te tama a tetahi rangatira Poari rawakore mai i te rohe o Volyn o te raki o Ukraine. I whakaako ōna mātua i te waiata. I te 16 o ona tau, i te tau 1863, i uru ia ki te
Ko te tutu o Poari ki te mana o Ruhia. I heke ia ki Paris i te tau 1865 i reira i mahi ai ia i roto i te whare mahi whakarewa.