Leonid Bykov
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Born December 12, 1928·Died April 11, 1979 (at 50)·Znamenka, Sloviansk Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR·Male
Biography
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.
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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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Filmography
35 credits across 28 titlesActing
24 creditsDirecting
6 creditsWriting
3 creditsAs self
2 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
