Sound · Original Music Composer · Music
Born Feb 29, 1912 · Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]
Active 1947–2008 · Awards: Medal "For Distinguished Labour", Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of Ukraine, Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR
Yakiv Samiilovych Tsehliar (real surname — Tsigler) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1972). People's Artist of Ukraine (1993).