Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Alla Pugacheva, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR. Born into a noble family of Polish stock, son of Life-Guards Semenovsky regiment's Stabskapitän, Oleg Yankovsky formed an ambition to emulate his brother Rostislav and joined the Saratov Drama Theatre in 1965. His film career was launched two years later, when he was cast in two movies about World War II, namely The Shield and the Sword by... director Vladimir Basov and Two Comrades Were Serving by Yevgeni Karelov. During his remarkably prolific screen career, Yankovsky appeared in many film adaptations of Russian classics, notably My Sweet and Tender Beast and The Kreutzer Sonata .
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| Birthdate: | February 23, 1944 |
| Birthplace: | Dzhezkazgan |
| Date of death: | May 20, 2009 |
| Also known as: | Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky, Oleg Yankovskiy, Oleg Iankovskii |