Les Tanyuk

He was married to Nelli Korniyenko, a native of Khabarovsk and a Merited Worker of Arts of Ukraine.

Les Tanyuk studied at Kyiv National I. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. Dmytro Yaroshenko is recorded as having studied under Les Tanyuk. The recorded working language is Russian and Ukrainian. The field of work recorded is directing, film direction and literature. Positions recorded include People's Deputy of Ukraine. Distinctions recorded are Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class and Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class.

• Name — Les Tanyuk • Office — People's Deputy of Ukraine • Term Start — 15 May 1990 • Term End — 23 November 2007 • Constituency — * Kyiv, Vatutinskyi District (1990–1994) • Lviv Oblast, Drohobych (1994–1998) • Ternopil Oblast, No. 166 (1998–2002) • Our Ukraine Bloc list No. 12 (2002–2006) • Our Ukraine Bloc list No. 14 (2006–2007) • Party — People's Movement of Ukraine • Other Party — Our Ukraine Bloc • Born — 7 August 1938 • Birthplace — Zhukyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) • Died — 18 March 2016 • Alma Mater — National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv • Illustration — Taniuk in 2011

Tanyuk was born in the village of Zhukyn (now Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast). His parents were language teachers. As a child he was imprisoned in several Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War and was reunited with his family after the war. He later studied at the National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv.

In 1959 Tanyuk co-founded the Artistic Youths' Club (Клуб творчої молоді) in Kyiv, serving as its first president. The club promoted Ukrainian culture and petitioned authorities to preserve historical monuments. In 1962 Tanyuk, Vasyl Symonenko and Alla Horska investigated reports of mass graves in Bykivnia and appealed to the authorities for an official inquiry; the club was closed by 1964 amid increased pressure.

At the 1990 Ukrainian parliamentary election Tanyuk was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for Kyiv’s Vatutinskyi District; he was re-elected for Drohobych in 1994 and for Ukraine's 166th electoral district (Ternopil Oblast) in 1998 as a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine. He later entered parliament on the proportional list of the Our Ukraine Bloc in 2002 (No. 12) and 2006 (No. 14).

Tanyuk died on 18 March 2016, aged 77.