Rostislav Yankovsky
| Rostislav Yankovsky | |
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Yankovsky in 2008
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| Born |
Расьціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky 5 February 1930 Odessa, Ukraine |
| Died | 26 June 2016 (aged 86) Minsk, Belarus |
| Relatives |
Oleg Yankovsky (brother) Igor Yankovsky (son) |
| Awards |
People's Artist of the USSR (1978) |
Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky (Belarusian: Расьціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі, Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский; 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odessa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad 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. His son Igor Yankovsky is also an actor. In 1994 he became the Chairman of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.
He died in Minsk on 26 June 2016 in Minsk, Belarus, aged 86.
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