Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odesa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951. Since 1957, he worked in the Minsk Drama Theatre. Yankovsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1978. He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky. His son Igor Yankovsky is also an actor. In 1994 he became the Chairman of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.
- Occupation
- actor, stage actor, film actor
- Position held
- member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus of the 2nd convocation, list of members of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1985–1990)
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Belarus
- Born
