ULeonidas ebuntwaneni bakhe, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ube ngumqhubi. Kodwa u-Bykov wayenokukhula okungafanelekanga nokubonakala. Inokwenzeka ukuba, sinenhlanhla ukuba le nto yayingumxholo we-actor Leonid Bykov. Ngubani owaziyo oko kwenzeka ntoni ukuba umdlali wekamva uza kuthathwa ngaphambili ngaphambili ngo-1943. Mhlawumbi yakhe i-biography yayiyahluka, okanye ayiyi kuphuhliswa nhlobo. Ngaloo xesha intsapho yaseBykov yayingumkhumbi, eBarnaul. Umfana wayeqamba amanga ukuba wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo ubudala kwaye wayefuna ukuya esikolweni sezindiza, kodwa ngenxa yokukhula kunye nokubonakala kukaLeonid ngokukhawuleza.
Kwangexesha elide kumdlali wexesha elizayo, umnqweno wokuba ngumqhubi wecala nje. Ubomi bakhe bubandakanya ukuba emva kwemfazwe uLeonid usengena esikolweni sezindiza, kodwa akazange afunde apho ngaphezu kwenyanga. Kwaye kwakungekho konke ukusebenza kakubi. Kungokuthi ootitshala baqonda ukuba uLeonid akayi kufuna, loo mqhubi angeke abe ngumntu onokuphakama kweentimitha ezilikhulu namathathu anesithandathu.
Emva kokuba u-Bykov eqonda ukuba akayi kuba ngumqhubi, lo mfana wanquma ukhetho lomsebenzi. Wangena eKiev School of Actors kwaye akazange akwazi ukudlula ukhuphiswano. Ukuqhayisa nokuzikhukhumeza, uLeonid akafuni ukubuyela ekhaya. Wayecinga ukuba abantu abazaziyo babeza kumhlekisa kwaye kwakuza kubhidliza intliziyo yakhe. Ngoko umfana waya eKharkov waza wazama ukungena kwindawo yokudlala. Ngokunyanisekileyo, wayesenokuba nexesha elibi, ingakumbi engathembeki ukuba uza kuphumelela. Kodwa ke, u-Bykov wabhaliswa kunyaka wokuqala wesikhungo, kuba bonke ootitshala bekomishoni babenelisekile kakhulu kule nsizwa.
Emva kokugqitywa kwiziko lezemidlalo iminyaka engaba lishumi, uLeonid wasebenza eKharkiv Theatre egama linguShevchenko.
ULeonid waqala ukudubula ngo-1952. Inxaxheba yakhe yokuqala eyaziwayo yendima ye-Petit kwi-Tiger Tamer. Ngokukhawuleza le filimu yaziwa kubabukeli baseSoviet. Abaninzi babenomdla ngohlobo, bathanda uPetya, owayeza kuba ngumhlobo olungcono kakhulu kwintombazana, owayeyithanda kakhulu. Ifilimu elandelayo yayisithombe "Maxim Perepelitsa". Lapha uLeonid udlala indima ephambili, ukuphumelela uthando lwabalandeli. Wadlala indima yenkwenkwezi enomdla owaziyo ukuphuma kuyo nayiphi na ingxaki, uphatha ubomi ngokulula kwaye ngokunyanisekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, kwiimeko ezinzulu, ungalokothi ushiye kwaye ufumane indlela yokuphuma. U-Bykov wayazi indlela yokudlala iindima eziluhlaza kunye neentlungu. Ngoko ke, ukuba kunokwenzeka, wazama ukukhetha abalinganiswa abahlukeneyo, kangangokuthi wayengabonakali njengomdlali weqonga ohlala ephethe imaski. Yingakho uLeonid wakwazi ukuzibonakalisa kumacala amaninzi kwaye enze bonke ababukeli bevelele uthando kuye.
Kwiminyaka engama-60, u-Bykov waqala ukuzizama njengomlawuli. Ngenxa yalowo wathatha umfazi kunye nabantwana bakhe eKharkov waza waya eLeningrad. Kwakukho apho wanikezwa ithuba lokwenza iifilimu. Ngokuqinisekileyo, iisampula zokuqala azizange zivelele, kodwa kungekudala uLeidid wavula italente yakhe njengomlawuli. Wadubula imifanekiso emangalisayo, ababeninzi ababukeli bayayixabisa. Kwaye kwafika iminyaka yokuzola. UCykov wabuyela eUkraine, kodwa akazange aqale ukusebenza apho. Wayengafuni ukudubula nokuba. ULeonid waqala ukudideka kwi-cinema. Kwakubonakala kuye ukuba ezininzi iifilimu zibuxoki kwaye azikhathazi, abanalo ubugcisa, nje umnqweno wokudubula into abaphathi bayayithanda. ULeonid wabona abancinci abavela kwibala lezemidlalo, elalizibukela. Kuba u-Bykov kwaba ngumqobo, ngenxa yokuba wayeziva njengenkundla yemidlalo kunye ne-cinema, njengokuba efuna kwaye ebona, uqala ukuhlukana. Oku kuphazamise umdlali. Yayiqhubelela ekudakaleni. Oku kwaqhubeka ngokukhawuleza kwaze kwaba ngumzuzu xa u-Bykov waqala ukubonisa ifilimu ethi "Abanye Abantu Abadala Baya Ekulweni." Yayilo mfanekiso owawuthandwa kakhulu kwaye ayikhunjulwa kubadlali be-movie. Kuphezu kwakhe kusasazela zonke izizukulwana kwiSuku loPhulo. Le filimu yaba yithuba lokuzukisa abaqhubi abaqhubi abaye bavakalisa nguYykov. Wenza konke kulesi sithombe waphuma kwiikrini. Nangona kunjalo, ngelo xesha, kwakucatshangelwa ukuba ayikho isondo. Bafuna ukuvala ukudubula nokunye okuninzi, uLeonid wakwazi ukususa lo mboniso, edlala enye yeendima eziphambili kuyo. I-squadron yokucula eyayikhokelwa nguCaptain Titarenko yanqoba iintliziyo zabo bonke ababukeli. Kwiinyanga ezingaphantsi kweesithandathu, ifilimu yayibukelwe ngabantu abangamashumi amahlanu anesine. Ngelo xesha, kwakukho ofisi enkulu ebhokisini. Abantu babecula i-dark-skinned, balila iRoomo kunye nabanye abalinganiswa, ubomi babo obutsha bamsinya ngokukhawuleza kwaye bangalindelekanga.
Omnye umsebenzi owenziwa ngu-Bykov kwakukho enye ifilimu emayelana nemfazwe- "Aty-bata, amasosha ayehamba". Le feshini nayo yafumana ukuqaphela phakathi kwabaphulaphuli. Kodwa, kwakukudubula lo mfanekiso uLeonid wayenomdla wokuqala wentliziyo. Inyaniso kukuba u-Bykov wayekhathazekile kakhulu ngenxa yeefilimu zakhe, ngenxa yokuba akuyiyo yonke into evunyelwe ukuthetha, ngenxa yokuba zonke iingcamango azikwazanga ukuphunyezwa. Ewe, wayenelisekile ngokunqoba kunye namabhaso, kodwa yena, uninzi lwazo zonke, wayefuna kuphela ukuba abaphulaphuli babenandipha, bejonge imifanekiso yakhe.
Intlungu yesibini yentliziyo e-Bykov yenziwa ngenxa yokuba unyana wakhe wayeseyimbali kunye nokuphanga kwevenkile yokugqoka. Kodwa, emva koko, u-Bykov usaphila. Ubomi bakhe banjiswe ngengozi yemoto. Umdlali kunye nomlawuli wayengeminyaka engamashumi amahlanu kuphela ubudala. Kwakuyinkxalabo eyoyikekayo yeemeko ezathatha indoda yongqondo.
Ngomngcwabo, u-Bykov, njengoko wacela ngentando yakhe, akazange akhale. Kuphela "kunqunywe" kwi "isikhumba esimnyama", ngexesha lokugqibela, kwi-Maestro.