Gennadi Karyakin was born on September 20, 1927 in village Nikolaevka, Syzran uyezd, Ulyanovsk Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Nikolayevsky District, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for
Quiet Flows the Don (1957),
Put slavy (1949) and
The Immortal Garrison (1956). He died on June 9, 1972.