Jan Petrovych (Yakov Pinevich, Yakiv Pinevych) Tabachnyk (; 31 July 1945 – 11 September 2023) was a Soviet and Ukrainian variety composer, accordionist, politician and entrepreneur.(29 July 2010)
Президент Грузии Михаил Саакашвили вручил Яну Табачнику орден «Сияние»
'' Fakty i Kommentarii'' (in Russian)

Biography

Tabachnyk was born on 31 July 1945 into a

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ish family. He was a member of the

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, a deputy of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

( 5th and 6th convocations). Tabachnyk was placed at number 18 on the electoral list of

during the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...

. He was re-elected into parliament.Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради

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(11 November 2012) Tabachnyk did not take part in elections later. He died on 11 September 2023, at the age of 78.Умер Ян Табачник. Каким запомнился Народный артист Украины
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Awards

* People's Artist of Ukraine (1994) * Order of Merit (III grade) (August 1999) * Order of Merit (II grade) (May 2002) * Order of Merit (I grade) (August 2004)

References

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Довідник «Хто є хто в Україні», видавництво «К. І. С.»
1945 births 2023 deaths Soviet composers Soviet male composers Ukrainian composers Politicians from Chernivtsi Party of Regions politicians Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Jewish Ukrainian politicians Ukrainian accordionists Chevaliers of the Order of Merit (Ukraine) Jewish Ukrainian musicians 21st-century accordionists Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian male musicians Musicians from Chernivtsi {{Ukraine-bio-stub