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]

Panich in 2013

Biography

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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

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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

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References

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