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Tikhon Dzyadko

Russian journalist

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Source revisionJun 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ4160936 ↗
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Tikhon Viktorovich Dzyadko (Russian: Тихон Викторович Дзядко, IPA: [ˈtʲixən dzʲɪtˈko]; born June 23, 1987) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and media manager. He is the editor-in-chief of the TV Rain channel, former deputy editor-in-chief and host of the RTVI TV network. He previously worked at the radio station Echo of Moscow and the Ukrainian channel Inter.

Biography

Education

Dzyadko studied at the Russian State University for the Humanities at the Faculty of Philology.

Career

He worked at the portal Polit.ru. From 2007 to 2012 he worked as a correspondent in Russia for the international organisation Reporters Without Borders.

From 2005 to 2013 he worked as a correspondent and presenter at the radio station Echo of Moscow, hosted the programmes Разворот, Одним словом, Обложка-1 and Супервласть.

From May 2010 to October 2013, together with his brothers Philipp and Timofei, he led the weekly public affairs programme Dzyadko3 on TV Rain. Since May 24, 2011, on the same TV channel he has hosted the weekly Hard Day's Night programme. In 2012, Tikhon was nominated for the Made in Russia award for the programme.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tikhon Dzyadko” as russian journalist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2007, 2012, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-06-23. The account is most persuasive where Tikhon, Dzyadko and Russian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as russian journalist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4160936. VIAF identifies the subject as 5950165271966610690007. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987, 2007, 2012 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tikhon Dzyadko” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.