Oleg Yankovskiy
- Birth Date
- 2/23/1944 - 5/20/2009
- Birth Place
- Bolshoy Dzhezkazgan, USSR [now Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan]
- Known For
- Acting
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Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; February 23, 1944 – May 20, 2009) was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Alla Pugacheva, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.
