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Rostislav Yankovsky
Soviet-Belarusian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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
- 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
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