Leonid Bykov
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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.
Date of Birth
Dec 12, 1928
Place of Birth
Znamenka, Sloviansk Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Date of Death
Apr 11, 1979
Gender
Male
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Credits
Acting
19931 Season
19821h 9 min
19761h 27 min
19731h 32 min
Directing
Writing
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