Jan Petrovych (Yakov Pinevich, Yakiv Pinevych) Tabachnyk ( uk, Ян Петрович Табачник) (born July 31, 1945,

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the u ...

) is 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

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

ish family. He is a member of the

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...

, a deputy of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(

5th Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...

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

during the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012. He was re-elected into parliament.Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrai ...

(11 November 2012) Tabachnyk has not taken part in elections since.Small biography on Jan Tabachnyk

Civil movement "Chesno" Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...

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)

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Довідник «Хто є хто в Україні», видавництво «К. І. С.»
Soviet composers Soviet male composers Ukrainian composers Politicians from Chernivtsi Living people 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) 1945 births Jewish Ukrainian musicians 21st-century accordionists Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians Musicians from Chernivtsi {{Ukraine-bio-stub