Mykola Mashchenko

Born in Melovatka, Luganskaya oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR on January 12, 1929 — died May 2, 2013 (aged 84)

People's Artist of Ukraine (1983). He graduated from the acting department of the Kharkov Theater Institute (1950), then the directing department of the same institute (1953). He worked as a theater director. Since 1957 - director, screenwriter, actor of the Kyiv Film Studio named after A. Dovzhenko. Author of a number of film publications, teacher at KGITI named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary. Since 1969 - Secretary of the Board of the Investigative Committee of Ukraine.