Background
He was born in Odessa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951.
He was born in Odessa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951.
He has been working in the Minsk Drama Theatre since 1957. He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky. State Prize of the Republic of (1998).
Belarus Order of Francisc Skorina (2000) Skorina Medal (1995) State Prize of the Republic of Belarus (1998) Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Minsk (2000) Award "Foreign Spiritual Revival" (2003) Award Theatre Forum "Golden Knight" "Foreign outstanding contribution to the performing arts" (2005) Soviet Union Order of the Badge of Honour (1967) Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il"ich Lenin" (1970) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971) Order of Friendship of Peoples (1991) Honoured Artist of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1963) People"s Artist of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1967) People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1978) Russia Pushkin Medal (2007) International Academy of Theatre.
