Les Tanyuk

Ukrainian theatre director (1938–2016)

Leonid (Les) Stepanovych Tanyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід (Лесь) Танюк, August 7, 1938 – March 18, 2016) was a Ukrainian theatre and movie director. He was a dissident and the head of the Club of Creative Youth. After 1991's Ukrainian independence Tanyuk became a multiple re-elected member of the Ukrainian parliament.[1]

Tanyuk died on March 18, 2016 in Kyiv, Ukraine from stomach cancer at the age of 77.[2]

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