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Leonid Bykov

Leonid Bykov

Birthday: 1928-12-12 | Place of Birth: Znamenka, Sloviansk Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (Russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, Ukrainian: Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, USSR) was a Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer. He received the "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" title in 1965 and the "People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR" title in 1974. Bykov contributed to several Soviet World War II films that portrayed a stereotypical Soviet Ukrainian. Bykov died in a traffic accident in 1979 on the highway from Minsk to Kyiv.[2] In 1994, the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet after him, (4682) Bykov.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1976
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...

as    ефрейтор Виктор Святкин

1973
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle

as    Captain Alexey “Maestro” Titarenko

1968
The Scouts

as    Makarenko

1962
Four Winds of Heaven

as    Почтальон

1960
Alyosha's Love

as    Alyoshka

1959
May Stars

as    Alyosha

1955
Maksim Perepelitsa

as    Maksim Perepelitsa