Roman Tkachuk

Roman Denisovich Tkachuk (Роман Денисович Ткачук; August 31, 1932 — January 10, 1994) was a Soviet theatre and film actor.

Biography
He was born on August 31, 1932, in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), USSR.

He graduated from the Film and Theatre Institute named after Aleksandr Ostrovsky in Tashkent in 1955.

In late 1993, Tkachuk's wife, actress Maya Gnezdovskaya became seriously ill. On January 9, 1994, she was taken home from the hospital, and on the night of January 10, she died. The actor outlived her for only a few hours. He was buried with his wife in the Dolgoprudnenskoe (Central) Cemetery.

Awards

 * People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1964)
 * Order of the Badge of Honour (1972)
 * Honored Worker of Culture of Poland (1976)
 * Stanislavsky State Prize (1977)