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Les Tanyuk

Ukrainian theatre director (1938-2016) · Ukraine · On the map · Directors · Died at 77

Leonid Stepanovych Tanyuk was a Ukrainian theatre and film director, Soviet dissident and politician.

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2016Died18 March 20161991Death was destined for all of us early... In memory of Alla HorskaFilmFamine-33Film, 1991WriterMyna MazayloFilm, 1991Writer1985The Prince and the PauperFilm, Director1973Pushkin's Fairy TalesFilm, Director1969Тихая семейкаFilm, Director1938Born8 July 1938

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Honored Art Worker of Ukraine
People's Artist of Ukraine
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class

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A founder of the Artistic Youths' Club in Kyiv in the early 1960s, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2007 - representing Kyiv, Drohobych and Ukraine's 166th electoral district for the People's Movement of Ukraine before later being elected on the proportional list of the Our Ukraine Bloc. He died on 18 March 2016.

Country
Ukraine
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2016 · aged 77

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