About Boryslav Brondukov Boryslav Brondukov (Ukrainian: Борислáв Миколáйович Брондукóв) (1 March 1938 – 10 March 2004) was a Ukrainian and Soviet film character actor. He was born in the village of Dubava of Kiev oblast of Ukrainian SSR in a Russian-Polish family. After graduating construction technikum he started to work at the Kiev Arsenal factory. At this time Brondukov began to perform in theater. His work was seen by the rector of Karpenko-Karyi Institute of Theatrical Arts in Kiev and at an age of 23 Borislav became a student there. Since 1965 Brondukov has been an actor of the Kiev film studio, though he has worked at many film studios in the USSR. Brondukov was a People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1988), the first winner of the A.Dovzhenko Ukrainian State Prize (1995). He was featured in movie(s): Zakhar Berkut, and Vavilon with Mykolaychuk, Mimino, and many others.