Kuna Leonidas achiri muduku, zvakanga zvakakosha kuva pivha. Asi Bykov akanga aine kukura kwakakodzera uye maitiro. Zvingangodaro, takanga tine nhanho kuti iyi ndiyo yaiva nyaya nemufananidzo weActor Leonid Bykov. Ndiani anoziva zvaizoitika kana mutambi wemangwana akaendeswa mberi muna 1943. Zvichida nhoroondo yake yaizova yakasiyana, kana kuti ingadai isingatombogadziri zvachose. Panguva iyoyo mhuri yaBykov yakange iri kubuda, kuBarnaul. Murume uyu akareva kuti akanga ane makore gumi namasere uye aida kuenda kuchikoro chekuenda, asi nekuda kwekukura nekuonekwa kwaLeonid pakarepo akafumurwa.
Kwenguva yakareba kune muitevedzeri wemunguva yemberi, chido chekuva mutyairi chaingova chakanaka. Nhoroondo yake inosanganisira chokwadi chokuti mushure mehondo Leonid achiri kupinda muchikoro chekuenda, asi haana kudzidza ikoko kwemwedzi inopfuura. Uye zvakanga zvisiri zvachose kushanda kwakaipa. Ndizvo chete kuti vadzidzisi vainzwisisa kuti Leonid haazodi izvo, mutyairi wacho haaigona kuva murume ane urefu hwemasendimita zana nemakumi matatu nematanhatu.
Mushure mokunge Bykov akaziva kuti aisazove mutyairi, murume uyu akasarudza kusarudza basa remuiti. Akapinda muKievhe School of Actors uye akange asingakwanisi kudarika mutambo wacho. Aida uye anozvikudza, Leonid haana kuda kudzokera kumba. Akafungidzira kuti avo vaazivana naye vaizomushora uye zvingaderedza mwoyo wake. Saka murume akaenda kuKharkov akaedza kupinda muchitambo. Kutendeseka, akanga achingova nechinangwa, kunyanya asingatarisi kuti aizobudirira. Asi, zvisinei, Bykov akanyoresa mugore rokutanga rebazi, sezvo vadzidzisi vese kubva komisheni vaifadzwa chaizvo nemurume wechidiki uyu.
Mushure mokunge apedza chikoro kubva munharaunda yemitambo kwemakore anoda kusvika gumi, Leonid akashanda paKharkiv Theatre inonzi ainzi Shevchenko.
Leonid akatanga kupfura muna 1952. Basa rake rokutanga rinozivikanwe rakanga riri basa rePetit muThe Tamer Tiger. Iyi firimu yakakurumidza kuva yakakurumbira pakati pevatariri veSoviet. Vakawanda vanonzwira tsitsi nemhando, vanoda Petya, uyo aifanira kunge ari shamwari yakanakisisa yemusikana, waaida zvikuru. Ifirimu inotevera yaiva mufananidzo "Maxim Perepelitsa". Pano Leonid akamboita basa guru, achikunda rudo rwevanhu vose. Akaita basa remufaro wechidiki uyo anoziva nzira yekubuda nayo chero dambudziko, anobata upenyu nyore nyore uye achifara. Zvisinei, mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma, usamborega uye uwane nzira yekubuda nayo. Bykov aiziva kutamba mitambo yese uye yakaoma. Nokudaro, kana zvichibvira, akaedza kusarudza vanhu vakasiyana, zvekuti akanga asina kuonekwa semutambi anogara achifuka maski. Ndicho chikonzero nei Leonid akakwanisa kuzviratidza kubva kumativi akasiyana-siyana uye kuita kuti vose vataridzi vanzwe vachimuda.
Mumakumi matanhatu, Bykov akatanga kuzviedza semutungamiriri. Nokuda kweizvi akatotora mukadzi wake nevana kubva Kharkov ndokuenda kuLeningrad. Yaiva ipapo iyo yaakapiwa mukana wokuita mafirimu. Zvechokwadi, sampuli dzokutanga dzakanga dzisinganzwisisi, asi nokukurumidza Leonid akazarura tarenda rake semutungamiriri. Akatema mifananidzo yakaisvonaka, iyo vateereri vazhinji vaigona kuonga. Uye zvino kwakauya makore okudzikama. Bykov akadzokera kuUkraine, asi haana kutanga kuita ipapo. Akanga asingadi kupfura kana. Leonid akatanga kunyadziswa mumitambo. Zvaiita seyekuti mafirimu akawanda ndeechokwadi uye asina kufadza, haana unyanzvi, kungova nechido chokupfura chimwe chinhu icho hurumende dzichada. Leonid akaona vangani vateereri kubva mumitambo, kubva pazvivako zvefirimu, izvo zvaakada. KwaBykov iyi yakanga iri kurwadza kwechokwadi, nokuti ainzwa sematambo uye cinema, seanoda uye anozviona, anotanga kuparara. Izvi zvakavhiringidza mutambi. Izvozvo zvakaita kuti aende kuora mwoyo. Izvi zvakaenderera mberi kusvikira panguva iyo Bykov yatanga kutamba firimu re "Vamwe Vanhu Vakuru Vaya Vari Kuhondo." Icho chaiva chifananidzo ichi chakava chinodikamwa zvikuru uye chisingakanganwiki chemafirimu. Icho chiri pamusoro pake ichiri kuchema kumarudzi ose paZuva Rokukunda. Iyi firimu yakava mukana wekukudza vatyairi vengarava iyo Bykov yakakurumbira. Akaita zvose pamufananidzo uyu akabuda pazvikwangwani. Pasinei nokuti chokwadi, pane imwe nguva, yaifungidzirwa kwete heroic zvakakwana. Vaida kuvhara kupfura uye nezvimwe zvizhinji, Leonid akakwanisa kubvisa ichi chimiro, achitamba rimwe remabasa makuru mairi. Rwiyo rwekuimba rwakatungamirirwa naKapiteni Titarenko rwakakunda mwoyo yevanyori vose. Mumwedzi isingapfuuri mitanhatu, firimu yakatariswa nemamiriyoni makumi mana nemana vanhu. Panguva iyoyo, yakanga iri huru hoofisi yebhokisi. Vanhu vakanga vachiimba mutsvuku, vakachema pamusoro peRomao nemamwe mavara, avo vana vadiki vemazuva vakakurumidza uye vasingatarisirwi kutorwa nehondo.
Rimwe basa rekutungamira neBykov raiva rimwe firimu pamusoro pehondo - "Aty-bata, mauto akanga achifamba". Iyi firimu yakave yakagamuchirwa pakati pevateereri. Asi, pakanga pane kuputika kwechifananidzo ichi kuti Leonid aive nemoyo wake wokutanga kurwisa. Ichokwadi ndechekuti Bykov ainyanya kunetseka nekuda kwemafirimu ake, nekuda kwekuti zvinhu zvose hazvina kubvumirwa kutaura, nekuda kwekuti pfungwa dzose hadzigoni kuitwa. Zvechokwadi, aifara nekukunda uye zvikwereti, asi iye, kupfuura zvose, aida chete kuti vateereri vafare, vachitarisa mifananidzo yake.
Yechipiri chirwere chemoyo muBykov chakakonzerwa nekuti mwanakomana wake akanga ari munhoroondo nekupamba kwechitoro chezvishongo. Asi, mushure meizvi, Bykov achiri kutora zvakare. Upenyu hwake hwakatorwa neitika yemotokari. Mutambi uye mutungamiriri aiva nemakore makumi mashanu chete. Icho chaiva kusanganiswa kunotyisa kwemamiriro ezvinhu akatora murume weunyanzvi.
Pamariro, Bykov, sezvaakakumbira mukuda kwake, haana kuchema. Ndizvo chete "kucheka" mu "Ganda-rima", panguva yekupedzisira, yeMaestro.