Mark Fradkin was born on May 4, 1914 in Vitebsk, Vitebsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a composer, known for
Mirror for a Hero (1987),
Prostaya istoriya (1960) and
Proshchayte, golubi (1961). He died on April 4, 1990 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].