Leonid Bykov

Actor, Film director

1928 – 1979

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Who was Leonid Bykov?

Leonid Bykov was a Soviet-Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer.

Bykov contributed to several Soviet World War II films and significantly delivered to the cliche image of a Soviet Ukrainian.

Bykov was killed in a car accident in 1979 on the highway from Minsk to Kiev.

In 1994, the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet after him, Bykov.

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Born
Dec 12, 1928
Donetsk Oblast
Also known as
  • Bykov
  • L. Bykov
  • Leonid Fyodorovich Bykov
Nationality
  • Ukraine
Profession
Died
Apr 11, 1979
Kiev Oblast

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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