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Rostislav Yankovsky

Soviet-Belarusian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rostislav Yankovsky
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Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky[1] (Belarusian: Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі; Ukrainian: Ростислав Іванович Янковський; Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский;[1] 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odesa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad[2] and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951. Since 1957, he worked in the Minsk Drama Theatre. Yankovsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1978. He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky.[1] His son Igor Yankovsky is also an actor. In 1994 he became the Chairman of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.[3]

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He died in Minsk on 26 June 2016 in Minsk, Belarus, aged 86.[4][5]

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Filmography

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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
Russia
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