Leonid Kuravlyov
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Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Kuravlyov in 1997
Leonid Gaidai
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Leonid Iovich Gaidai was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".
2023 postal cover of Russia dedicated to Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future. Its left image shows, left to right: Yakovlev, Gaidai, and Kuravlyov. The right image shows Gaidai.
The comic trio of Pro, Coward, and Fool in Gaidai's comedy Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1966)