Leonid Bykov was born on December 12, 1928 in Znamenske, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Erfahrene Hasen des Geschwaders (1974), Zaychik (1965) and Der Krieg ist kein Abzählspiel (1977). He died on April 11, 1979 in Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].