Rostislav Yankovsky
Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky (Belarusian: Расьціслаў Янкоўскі, Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский) is a major Belarusian actor. 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. Yankovsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1978. He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky.
Honours and awards
- 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 "For Spiritual Revival" (2003)
- Award Theatre Forum "Golden Knight" "For 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 SSR (1963)
- People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1967)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1978)
- Russia
- Pushkin Medal (2007)
- International Academy of Theatre