Tanyuk, Leonid Stepanovich

Education and career

Born in the family of a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature.

He graduated from school in Lutsk, worked as a foundry moulder at a factory, graduated from a cultural and educational college, worked as an actor in the Volyn Regional Drama Theater. In 1963 he graduated from the Kiev National University of Theater, Cinema and Television named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary .

In 1959-1963 - President of the Club of creative youth in Kiev. He staged performances in the Lviv Ukrainian Drama Theater, Odessa Theater. Revolution, Kharkov Theater. Shevchenko.

Due to persecution by local authorities, he left for Moscow. In 1965-1986 - staged performances at the Central House of Artists, Moscow Art Theater, theaters. Stanislavsky, them. Pushkin, them. Moscow City Council. He conducted human rights activities.

In 1986-1988 - The main director of the Kiev Youth Theater. He was relieved of his post without the right to direct. Then - in creative work, in senior positions in the Union of Theater Workers, deputy chairman of the Kiev branch of the Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine.

He was fluent in German, French, and English.

A.S. Pushkin Moscow Drama Theater

• 1977 - "When the city sleeps" A.V. Chkhaidze

Political career

Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the I convocation from 1990 to 1994. In 1990-1994. - Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Commission on Culture and Spiritual Revival.

Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine II convocation from 1994 to 1998. Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality.

Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the III convocation from 1998 to 2002. Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality (1998).

Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IV convocation from 2002 to 2006 from Victor Yushchenko’s “ Our Ukraine ” bloc . Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality (since June 2002).

The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the V convocation from 2006 to 2007 - from the Our Ukraine bloc. Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality (since July 2006).

Chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine (1991—2016).

One of the initiators of the creation of the Anti-Communist anti-imperialist front.

The most dangerous phenomenon in parliament was considered the transition from one political force to another. At the time of Brezhnev , such people were said to be "Leninists, and there are opportunists." Les Stepanovich believed that the diseases of both were the same, only the drugs were different. He was sure that parliament should become a collective mind and reminded that the economic growth of all rich countries began with patriotism, betting on people and intellect. ^[four]

Founder and chairman of the All-Ukrainian Memorial Society named after V. Stus (1989-2014), since 2014 - Honorary Chairman.

On March 22, 2016 in Kiev, in the building of the “Cabinet of Ministers Club”, a farewell ceremony was held with Les Tanyuk, in which President of Ukraine P. Poroshenko took part ^[5] . He was buried at the Bike cemetery .

The author of more than 600 publications on the themes of culture, politics, art: collections of poems "Confession" (1968); books:

• “Marjan Krushelnytsky” ( 1974 , Russian 2007 )
• The Chronicle of Resistance ( 1991 )
• “Who ate my meat?” ( 1994 )
• "Monologues" ( 1994 )
• “Yak chopped farmers pid core” ( 1994 )
• Parastas ( 1998 )
• “Quo vadis, Ukraine?”,
• “To whom are the laws not written?”
• “Works in 3 volumes. Word. Theatre. A life";

Compiled and authored articles in books: “M. Kulish. Works in 2 vols. "(1990)," Les Kurbas. Articles and memoirs ”(1987),“ Vyacheslav Chornovil. Pulse of Ukrainian Independence ”(2000),“ Diaries without cuts ”in 60 volumes (37 volumes were published).

Translator of the works of Shakespeare, Moliere, Brecht, Pirandello, Appolliner, the novel by J. Carey “The Favorite of Glory”, J. Kessel “The Lion”, G. Craig “On the Art of Theater” (1974) and others.

Director of more than 50 performances: “Macklena Grass”, “Pathetic Sonata” by M. Kulish, “A Knife in the Sun” by I. Drach, “Mother Courage” by B. Brecht, “On the Wedding Day” by V. Rozov, “Tales of A. Pushkin ”,“ Monsieur de Pursonyak ”according to Moliere,“ The Prince and the Pauper ”according to M. Twain,“ The Widow of Colonel ”Y. Smuul,“ Dictatorship of Conscience ”by M. Shatrov; stage director and director of the film-performance “Pushkin Tales” (1973), director of the film “Tenth Symphony”.

Screenwriter of the film "Famine-33" (1991), author of a series of television films about the Shot Renaissance .

• Honored Artist of Ukraine (1995) ^[6]
• People's Artist of Ukraine (2008) ^[7]
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, IV Degree (2005) ^[8]
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, V degree (1998) ^[9]

In August 2011, the so-called “letter of ten” was published - a letter from the Ukrainian intelligentsia in support of the policy of President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. One of the ten signatories was Les Tanyuk. ^{[10] [11]}

• Dovidnik “Khto є hto in Ukraine”, a view of “K.I. S”
• “The Communists cut out appendicitis on their own”