Leonid Bykov

Leonid Bykov (Ukrainian: Леонід Федорович Биков, Russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, December 12, 1928 in Znamenske, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, USSR - April 11, 1979 in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, USSR) was a Soviet-Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer.

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.

Selected filmography

• 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)

• 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)

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