Sergei Tikhanovsky

Sergei Tikhanovsky
Sergei Tikhanovsky
Personal information
Born	Sergei Leonidovich Tikhanovsky; 18 August 1978 (age 45); Horki, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	YouTuber, politician
Spouse	Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (m. 2004)
YouTube information
Channel	Страна для жизни;
Years active	2019–present
Genres	Politics; activism; business; entrepreneurship;
Subscribers	~267,000
Total views	93 million
Creator Awards
	Last updated: 29 April 2021

Sergei Leonidovich Tikhanovsky (Russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Тихано́вский), also transliterated as Syarhey Leanidavich Tsikhanouski^[3]^[a] (Belarusian: Сярге́й Леані́давіч Ціхано́ўскі; born 18 August 1978), is a Belarusian YouTuber, video blogger,^[3] dissident and pro-democracy activist.^[3] He is considered by Amnesty International to be a prisoner of conscience.^[4] He is known primarily for his activism against the government of Belarus's long-serving president, Alexander Lukashenko.^[3] In May 2020, he announced his intention of running for the 2020 presidential election, but he was arrested two days after the announcement,^[5] and his wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya then ran in place of him as the main rival to Lukashenko in the contested election.

^ Mahilyow. Picket to collect signatures of presidential candidate Tikhanovskaya. // Country for Life YouTube channel
^ ^a ^b "About Страна для жизни". YouTube.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Belarus Jails Several Opposition Figures in Widening Clampdown Ahead of Election, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (15 June 2020).
^ Cite error: The named reference Amnesty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Dixon, Robyn (23 July 2020). "Belarus's Lukashenko jailed election rivals and mocked women as unfit to lead. Now one is leading the opposition". The Washington Post. Moscow. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

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[birth_place-1] Mahilyow. Picket to collect signatures of presidential candidate Tikhanovskaya. // Country for Life YouTube channel

[YouTubeStatsСтрана_для_жизни-2] "About Страна для жизни". YouTube.

[Clapdown-3] Belarus Jails Several Opposition Figures in Widening Clampdown Ahead of Election, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (15 June 2020).

[Amnesty-5] Cite error: The named reference Amnesty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Dixon, Robyn (23 July 2020). "Belarus's Lukashenko jailed election rivals and mocked women as unfit to lead. Now one is leading the opposition". The Washington Post. Moscow. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

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