Background
Yumatov was born on 11 March 1926 in Moscow.
Yumatov was born on 11 March 1926 in Moscow.
In 1941-1942 he studied at the Naval School.
He appeared in 65 films between 1947 and 1994. A veteran of the Second World War. In 1942 he was enrolled as a cabin boy on the torpedo boat "The Brave", and a year later he became its helmsman.
He participated in the siege of Budapest.
He distinguished himself in the battle for Vienna in the assault on the bridge. He was wounded several times and also shell-shocked.
In 1994, Yumatov shot and killed a person over a drunk quarrel in which the victim questioned the importance of Soviet victory in World World War World War II He was convicted but pardoned as an elderly and war veteran.
Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class Ushakov Medal Medal "Foreign the Capture of Vienna" Medal "Foreign the Capture of Budapest" Medal "Foreign the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Cinematographers’ Union of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
