Alexander Grigorievich Tikhanovich ( be, Аляксандр Рыгоравіч Ціхановіч; 13 July 1952 – 28 January 2017) was a Soviet and Belarusian pop singer, former member of the ensemble

Verasy Verasy (''Верасы́'') was a musical band created in Belarus (then Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) in 1971. It was created under the Belarusian State Philarmony, Minsk, director and composer Vasily Rainchik. Verasy is Belarusian for heather ( ...

. He was named Honored Artist 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 USS ...

(

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

). 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 (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

Family

Tikhanovich's wife was singer

Yadviga Poplavskaya Yadviga Konstantinovna Poplavskaya ( be, Ядвіга Канстанцінаўна Паплаўская, russian: Ядвига Константиновна Поплавская born 1 May 1949) is a Soviet and Belarusian singer, member of the fir ...

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Тиханович в смирительной рубашке рекламирует «Евровидение»

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tikhanovich, Alexander 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