Oleksandr Bilash

Oleksandr Ivanovych Bilash (also spelt ''Olexandr Bilash'', ''Alexander Bilash'', ) (6 March 1931 – 6 May 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and the author of popular lyric songs, ballads, operas, operettas, oratorios and music for films. Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (1975), People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1977), People's Artist of the USSR (1990), Hero of Ukraine (2001). Provided by Wikipedia