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]
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]
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]
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]
