Leonid Bykov was born on December 12, 1928 in Znamenskoye, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1974),
Little Hare (1965) and
Aty-baty, shli soldaty... (1977). He died on April 11, 1979 in Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].