Tkachuk
Encyclopedia
Tkachuk, Tkaczuk, or Tkatchuk is a common Ukrainian
surname in Ukraine
and the Ukrainian diaspora
. The name in Ukrainian stands for the name of occupation, weaver
. The names that end in -chuk or -czuk are of the western Ukrainian origin.
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
surname in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and the Ukrainian diaspora
Ukrainian diaspora
The Ukrainian diaspora is the global community of ethnic Ukrainians, especially those who maintain some kind of connection, even if ephemeral, to the land of their ancestors and maintain their feeling of Ukrainian national identity within their own local community.-1608 To 1880:After the loss...
. The name in Ukrainian stands for the name of occupation, weaver
Weaver
The Ploceidae, or weavers, are small passerine birds related to the finches.These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which are from Sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical Asia. A few species have been introduced outside their native range. The weaver group is...
. The names that end in -chuk or -czuk are of the western Ukrainian origin.
- David TkachukDavid TkachukDavid Tkachuk is a member of the Canadian Senate.Tkachuk graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 and earned a teaching certificate in 1966. Tkachuk joined the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party in 1974...
, Canadian Senator - Kevin TkachukKevin TkachukKevin Tkachuk is a prop for the Canada national rugby union team and the Glasgow Warriors in Scotland....
, Canadian rugby player - Keith TkachukKeith TkachukKeith Matthew Tkachuk is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played for four teams and three franchises in his 19-year career. He is one of only four American-born players to score 500 goals, and is the sixth American player to score 1,000 points.- Playing career :Tkachuk began...
, American professional ice hockey player - Walt TkaczukWalt TkaczukWalter Robert Tkaczuk is a Canadian retired ice hockey centre who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers between 1967 and 1981. Tkaczuk's family moved to Canada from West Germany when he was two years old...
, German-born Canadian ice hockey player - Daniel TkaczukDaniel TkaczukDaniel Tkaczuk is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL. Tkaczuk is a Canadian who is of Polish origin.-Playing career:...
, a Canadian ice hockey player - Irina TkatchukIrina TkatchukIrina Tkatchuk is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2000 Russian junior national champion, the 2000 Skate Israel champion, and the 2001 Winter Universiade champion. She qualified twice for the Junior Grand Prix Final, placing 7th in the 1999-2000 season and 8th in the 2001-2002 season...
, a Russian figuer skater - Andriy TkachukAndriy TkachukAndriy Tkachuk is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Karpaty Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League.-External links:* *...
, a Ukrainian footballer - Oleksandr Tkachuk, a Ukrainian footballer
- David TkachukDavid TkachukDavid Tkachuk is a member of the Canadian Senate.Tkachuk graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 and earned a teaching certificate in 1966. Tkachuk joined the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party in 1974...
, Canadian Composer, Pianist - David Daniel Tkachuk, Professional Programmer
- Andriy V. Tkachuk, Ukrainian UNIX/Linux application/kernel developer