Rostislav Yankovsky

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]

Rostislav Yankovsky
Yankovsky in 2008
Born	Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky 5 February 1930 Odesa, Ukraine
Died	26 June 2016(2016-06-26) (aged 86) Minsk, Belarus
Relatives	Oleg Yankovsky (brother) Igor Yankovsky (son)
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR (1978)

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

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Happiness Must Be Рrotected	Conferee	Uncredited
1958	Red Leaves	Viktor
1960	Lullaby	officer	Uncredited
1968	Two Comrades Were Serving	Hon. George d'Alroy
1968	Karantin	Committee-Man
1970	Waterloo	Flahaut
1970	I, Francisk Skaryna...	Ivan Skorina
1972	Sea on Fire	Nikolai Mikhailovich Kulakov
1973	Land, on Demand	Aguirre
1984	Meeting at the End of Winter	Semyon Petrovich
1984	Time and the Conways	Gerald Thornton
1984	Copper Angel	Leo, the carpenter
1985	Cancan in an English Рark	Daniil Robak (Torchinsky)
1985	Battle of Moscow	General Vasily Smirnov
1986	The Bounce	Demin
1986	Race of the Century	Stanley Best
1986	Don't Forget to Turn Off the TV	Mikhail Mikhailovich
1986	The Dolphin's Cry	minister
1990	Man from the Black Volga	Antonov
1990	Eternal Husband	Fedosey Petrovich Zakhlebinin
1991	Adam's Rib	Viktor Vitalievich
1991	Ghost	Konstantin Grigoryevich
1991	Forgive Us, Stepmother Russia	Colonel Steblin
1992	You Yourself Burn with Mad Рassion for Me	Vladimir Frantsevich
1992	Sunny Day at the End of Summer	рrofessor	Short
1993	Anomaly	General
1996	Love in Russian 2	Yarosevich
1997	A Friend of the Deceased	Igor Lvovich
2005	The State Counsellor	General Khrapov

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)^[1]
• People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1967)^[1]
• People's Artist of the USSR (1978)^[1]

Russia

• Pushkin Medal (2007)^[1]* International Academy of Theatre