Leonid Lukov was born on 2 May 1909 in Mariupol, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for A Great Life (1939), Miners of the Don (1951) and To A New Shore (1955). He died on 24 April 1963 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].

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Leonid Lukov was a prominent Soviet film director and screenwriter born in Mariupol who directed numerous features from the 1930s through the early 1960s.
He is recognized for helming influential Soviet-era dramas and war films such as Two Soldiers, A Great Life, and The Miners of Donetsk.
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