Leonid Bykov

A plaque on the facade of Hovhannes Tumanyan street, 8, Kiev, where Leonid Bykov lived before his death

Leonid Bykov (Russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, 11 December 1928 in Znamenka village, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, USSR - 11 April 1979 in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, USSR) was a Soviet actor, film director, and script writer. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965). People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1974)^[1]

Bykov contributed to several Soviet World War II films (that all reached iconic status) 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.^[2]

In 1994, the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet after him, (4682) Bykov.^[1]

Selected filmography

Actor

• Aty-baty, shli soldaty (One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...) (1976)
• V boy idut odni stariki (Only Old Men Are Going to Battle) (1973)
• Razvedchiki (The Scouts) (1968)
• Zaychik (Little Hare) (1964)
• Ostorozhno, babushka! (Be Careful, Grandma!) (1960)
• Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)
• Ukrotitelnitsa tigrov (Tiger Girl) (1954)
• Sudba Mariny (Marina's Destiny) (1953)
• Dobrovoltsy (The Volunteers) (1953)

Film director

• Aty-baty, shli soldaty... (One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...) (1976)
• V boy idut odni stariki (Only Old Men Are Going to Battle) (1973)
• Zaychik (Little Hare) (1964)

Screen writer

• V boy idut odni stariki (Only Old Men Are Going to Battle) (1973)

References

1. Новая Российская энциклопедия: в 12 т. / Редкол.: А. Д. Некипелов, В. И. Данилов-Данильян и др. — М.: ООО «Издательство „Энциклопедия“» Т. 3 Бруней — Винча, 2007. — 480 с.: ил.
2. Наш Фильм — журнал о российском кино

External links

• Leonid Bykov at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography of Leonid Bykov (in Russian)