Biography
Leonid (Les) Stepanovych Tanyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід (Лесь) Танюк, August 7, 1938 – March 18, 2016) was a Ukrainian theatre and film director, Soviet dissident and after 1991's Ukrainian independence, a multi-term member of the Ukrainian parliament.He was a husband of Nelli Korniyenko, a native of Khabarovsk and merited worker of arts of Ukraine. Tanyuk was born in Zhukyn, Dymer Raion (liquidated), Kyiv Oblast, the son of Stephen Samiylovych, a teacher of Ukrainian language and literatures. His mother was Natalya Mykolayivna, also a teacher of languages. After spending some of his childhood in a Nazi concentration camp, he and his family returned to Ukraine, but they were not allowed to live in Kyiv. They returned to his father's hometown of Lutsk.
He studied at the National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv.
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GenderMale
Birthday1938-07-08
Deathday2016-03-18 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceZhukyn, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
CitizenshipsUkraine, Soviet Union
Also Known AsЛесь Танюк
AwardsOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine
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