Terentiy Makarovych Parkhomenko was one of the most respected Ukrainian kobzars of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Vasyl' Potapenko born in Berezna, Mensk region, Chernihiv province was the guide-boy for the blind kobzar Tereshko Parkhomenko. As a guide-boy he was a participant of the XIIth Archeological congress