Leonid Bykov | |
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 A plaque on the facade of Hovhannes Tumanyan street, 8, Kyiv, where Bykov lived before his death | |
| Born | Leonid Fedorovich Bykov 11 December 1928 |
| Died | 11 April 1979(1979-04-11) (aged 50) En route from Minsk to Kyiv |
| Resting place | Baikove Cemetery,Kyiv |
| Occupation(s) | Actor,film director,screenwriter |
| Years active | 1952–1979 |
| Notable work | Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle(1973) |
Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (Ukrainian:Леонід Федорович Биков,Russian:Леонид Фёдорович Быков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village,ArtemivskOkruha ofUkrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, inKyiv Oblast ofUkraine,USSR) was a Soviet actor, film director, and script writer.[1] He received the "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" title in 1965 and the "People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR" title in 1974.[2]
Leonid Bykov was born in theZnamenske village into a peasant family of Feodor Ivanovich Bykov and Zinaida Pankratovna Bykova, who shared the same surname. He had an elder sister, Luisa (born 1927). His father was a simple laborer who took part in theWorld War I and theRussian Civil War and in 1930 moved his family toKramatorsk to work at the local steel mill, and where Leonid finished the secondary school.[3]
Bykov initially attempted to become a military pilot. He later studied at Kharkiv Theater Institute from 1946 to 1951 and joined the troupe of the Taras Shevchenko Theater in Kharkiv, working on stage until 1960. He received recognition initially with the supporting role of an unsophisticated countryman inMarina's Destiny (1953). His other notable performances included Petya Mokin in Aleksandr Ivanovski's and Nadezhda Kosheverova's blockbuster comedyTamer of Tigers (1955) and in the title role ofMaksim Perepelitsa (1956). Bykov also appeared as a hopeless romantic in films such as Yuri Egorov'sVolunteers (1958), Stanislav Rostotskii'sMay Stars (1961), and Iosif Kheifits'sMy Dear Man (1958). As a director, Bykov debuted at Lenfilm Studio in 1962 with the 10-minute satireHowever the Rope Is Twisted (co-directed by Gerbert Rappaport), which skewered absurdities of the Soviet economy. The popular comedyBunny (1965), in which Bykov also played the lead, portrays an idealistic man who struggles against bureaucracy. His most famous films as director are World War II dramasOnly "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle (1974) andOne-Two, Soldiers Were Going... (1977), in which he also starred.
Bykov died in a traffic accident in 1979 on the highway fromMinsk toKyiv.[4] In 1994, theInternational Astronomical Union named a minor planet after him, (4682) Bykov.[2]
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