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Leonid Bykov

Acting

Leonid Bykov

RU cinema · 26 credits

Born

12 December 1928

Died

11 April 1979 (aged 50)

Birthplace

Znamenka, Sloviansk Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Also known as Леонід Биков · Леонид Фёдорович Быков · Л. Быков · L. Bykov · Leonid Fyodorovich Bykov

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.

Known for

Filmography