Mikhail Tanich

He was in the Army during World War II, participated at the Battle of Berlin and was awarded with an Order of Glory of 3rd degree.

In the beginning of the 1960s he wrote a song The Textile Town, written in collaboration with the Soviet composer Yan Frenkel, became a hit.

It was sung by a number of popular singers including Raisa Nemetova and Maya Kristalinskaya.

He has also co-authored with many Soviet composers such as Yuri Saulsky, Arkady Ostrovsky, Vadim Gamaliya, Oscar Feltsman, Nikita Bogoslovsky, Vladimir Shainsky.

Other composers Tanich has worked with include Igor Nikolayev, Arkady Ukupnik and Vyacheslav Malezhik.