Rostislav Yankovsky

Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky (Belarusian: Расьціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі, Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский) is a major Belarusian actor.

He was born in Odessa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951. He has been working in the Minsk Drama Theatre since 1957. Yankovsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1978. He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky.

Honours and awards

Belarus

• Order of Francisc Skorina (2000)
• Skorina Medal (1995)
• State Prize of the Republic of Belarus (1998)
• Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Minsk (2000)
• Award "For Spiritual Revival" (2003)
• Award Theatre Forum "Golden Knight" "For outstanding contribution to the performing arts" (2005)

Soviet Union

• Order of the Badge of Honour (1967)
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" (1970)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (1991)
• Honoured Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1963)
• People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1967)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1978)[1]

Russia

• Pushkin Medal (2007)