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Yulian Aleksandrovich Panich (Russian: Юлиа́н Алекса́ндрович Па́нич; 23 May 1931 – 9 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, and journalist. He was appointed Honored Artist of Russia in 1996.^[1]

Biography edit

Yulian Aleksandrovich Panich was born in Kirivigrad/Zinovyevsk on 23 May 1931. After graduating from the Shchukin Acting School in Moscow in 1954, Panich had a successful career of a Soviet film actor. In 1965 he began working as a television and film director.

In 1972, Yulian Panich left the Soviet Union for Israel. Later that year he was offered a job in Munich with the Radio Liberty/Free Europe radio. Soon Panich became chief program producer with the Russian service (Radio Svoboda) and the symbol of anti-Soviet resistance. As such he was the object of special interest by the KGB.^[2]^[3]

Personal life and death edit

After his retirement in 1995, Panich lived in the suburbs of Rambouillet in Paris.^[4]

Panich was married to Ludmila Zweig from 1956. They had a son, Igor Panich (born 1958) who is a writer.^[5]

Yulian Panich died on 9 October 2023, at the age of 92.^[6]

Filmography edit

Road to Life (1955) as Semyon
For the Power of the Soviets (1956) as Svyatoslav Marchenko
Bloody Dawn (1956) as Marco Hushcha
Different Fortunes (1956) as Fedor Morozov
Three Hundred Years Ago... (1956) as Tymofiy Khmelnytsky
Total Expensive (1957) as Roman Baklanov
Leningrad Symphony (1957) as episode
Stepan Kolchugin (1958) as Kuzma
Kochubey (1958) as Sashko Nalivayko
About My Friend (1958) as Aram
Be Careful, Grandma! (1960) as Vasya Kazatchkov
Reflections (1960) as episode
Novels Red House (1963) as Maxim Sivoshapko
The Green Carriage (1967) as Prince Vasili
Pervorossiyane (1968) as Ataman Shurakov
Seeing the White Nights (1969) as director

References edit

^ Биография (in Russian)
^ Тольц, Владимир (24 May 2011). "Свобода как осознанная необходимость". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ "Олег Туманов, Признания агента КГБ, Часть III – окончание". Охранка (in Russian). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ Театральная гостиная с Юлианом Паничем
^ "Igor Panich" (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ "Во Франции умер актёр, режиссёр и диктор Радио "Свобода" Юлиан Панич". Svoboda. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.