Jan Tabachnyk

Jan Tabachnyk
Jan Tabachnyk
Born	Jan Petrovych Tabachnyk; 31 July 1945; Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Accordionist; politician; entrepreneur;
Title	People's Artist of Ukraine (1994)
Awards	Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise(5th Class); Order of Merit (1st class); Order of Merit(2nd class); Order of Merit (3rd class);

Jan Petrovych (Yakov Pinevich, Yakiv Pinevych) Tabachnyk (Ukrainian: Ян Петрович Табачник) (born July 31, 1945, Chernivtsi) is a Soviet and Ukrainian variety composer, accordionist, politician and entrepreneur.[1]

Biography

Tabachnyk was born on 31 July 1945 into a Jewish family. He is 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.[2] He was re-elected into parliament.[2] Tabachnyk has not taken part in elections since.[3]

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

(29 July 2010). Президент Грузии Михаил Саакашвили вручил Яну Табачнику орден «Сияние», Fakty i Kommentarii (in Russian)
(in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
Small biography on Jan Tabachnyk, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)

External links

Довідник «Хто є хто в Україні», видавництво «К. І. С.»

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[1one-1] (29 July 2010). Президент Грузии Михаил Саакашвили вручил Яну Табачнику орден «Сияние», Fakty i Kommentarii (in Russian)

[electedintoVRUK111112-2] (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)

[3] Small biography on Jan Tabachnyk, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)