Alexander Grigorievich Tikhanovich (; 13 July 1952 – 28 January 2017) was a Soviet and Belarusian pop singer, former member of the ensemble Verasy. He was named

Honored Artist Merited Artist, Honored Artist, etc., is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union Republics, and autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern Bloc states, as well as in a number of post-Soviet states. In Russian language ...

and

People's Artist People's Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states (and communist states in general), as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the U ...

(

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

). From 2006 to 2009, Alexander Tikhanovich headed the national TV music project Eurofest Belarusian selection round for the international

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

Family

Tikhanovich's wife was singer

Yadviga Poplavskaya Yadviga Konstantinovna Poplavskaya (, born 1 May 1949) is a Soviet and Belarusian singer, member of the first ensemble Verasy and a People’s Artist of Belarus (2005). Biography Born into a musical family, her father, choirmaster Konstantin ...

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Тиханович в смирительной рубашке рекламирует «Евровидение»

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tikhanovich, Alexander Belarusian pop singers 1952 births 2017 deaths Musicians from Minsk Soviet male singers 20th-century Belarusian male singers Recipients of the Order of Francysk Skaryna People's Artists of Belarus 21st-century Belarusian male singers