Jan Tabachnik

Jan Tabachnyk
Born	Jan Petrovych Tabachnyk (1945-07-31) 31 July 1945 (age 72) 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.

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. He was re-elected into parliament.

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