In 1929 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and later taught on the faculty of that school from 1935 -- 1948 .
Bely was born in Berdychiv , in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire ( present - day Ukraine ) .
In 1929 Bely graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and later taught on the faculty of that school from 1935 -- 1948 .
Bely was born in Berdychiv , in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire ( present - day Ukraine ) .