Ilya Reznik

In 2013 Reznik was awarded the title People's Artist of Ukraine. In January 2025 he was stripped of this title.

Ilya Reznik studied at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is lyrics, acting and film screenwriting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are song. Distinctions recorded are Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, Order of Honour, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class.

He was born on 4 April 1938 in Leningrad to a Jewish family. His father, Leopold Iosifovich Izraelson (1916-1944), was a native of Copenhagen, a furrier. Served in Karelia as a member of the 142nd Rifle Division. In August 1941 he was surrounded, listed as missing in action, was severely wounded at the front and died on 15 April 1944. In 1942, Ilya Reznik and his mother Genya Borisovna Izraelson (Evelson, 1914-2001) were evacuated from besieged Leningrad to Sverdlovsk. In 1944, he returned to Leningrad. After school, he worked as a lab technician at a medical school. In 1958 he entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema. Graduated in 1962. Since 1965 he has been working in the troupe of the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre. In 1972 he retired from the theatre and engaged only in song poetry.