Yuri Lyashenko was born on January 1, 1939 in Khatsapetovka, Stalino Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Vuhlehirsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. Yuri is a director and assistant director, known for Mersedes ukhodit ot pogoni (1980), Den pervyy, den posledniy (1978) and Idu k tebe... (1971).