Leonid Bykov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leonid Bykov

Ukrainian soviet actor, film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1928

Place of Birth: Cherkaske, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1979

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (Ukrainian: ?????? ????????? ?????, Russian: ?????? ????????? ?????; 11 December 1928 in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukraine, USSR - 11 April 1979 in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, USSR) was a Ukraine-born Soviet 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 Kiev.
In 1994, the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet after him, (4682) Bykov.