

Leonid Bykov
Acting
December 12, 1928
Znamenka, Sloviansk Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
April 11, 1979
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.
The Filmography


Only Old Men Are Going to Battle

Anna's Happiness

The Scouts

Little Hare

When the Bridges Are Raised

Four Winds of Heaven

Be Careful, Grandma!

Alyosha's Love

The Quarrel in Lukashi

May Stars

The Volunteers

My Dear Fellow

Next to Us

Maksim Perepelitsa

Tiger Girl
