Jan Tabachnyk Explained

Jan Tabachnyk
Birthname:Jan Petrovych Tabachnyk
Birth Date:31 July 1945
Birth Place:Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
People's Artist of Ukraine (1994)
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Jan Petrovych (Yakov Pinevich, Yakiv Pinevych) Tabachnyk (Ukrainian: Ян Петрович Табачник; 31 July 1945 – 11 September 2023) was a Soviet and Ukrainian variety composer, accordionist, politician and entrepreneur.[1]

Biography

Tabachnyk was born on 31 July 1945 into a Jewish family. He was a member of the Party of Regions, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (5th and 6th convocations). Tabachnyk was placed at number 18 on the electoral list of Party of Regions during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was re-elected into parliament.[2] Tabachnyk did not take part in elections later.[3] He died on 11 September 2023, at the age of 78.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. (29 July 2010). Президент Грузии Михаил Саакашвили вручил Яну Табачнику орден «Сияние», Fakty i Kommentarii (in Russian)
  2. Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
  3. https://www.chesno.org/politician/381/ Small biography on Jan Tabachnyk
  4. https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/styler/pomer-n-tabachnnik-kim-zapam-yatavsya-narodniy-1694456336.html Умер Ян Табачник. Каким запомнился Народный артист Украины