Yulian Aleksandrovich Panich (; 23 May 1931 â 9 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, and journalist. He was appointed in 1996.
Yulian Aleksandrovich Panich was born in Kirivigrad/Zinovyevsk on 23 May 1931. After graduating from the Shchukin Acting School in Moscow in 1954, Panich had a successful career of a Soviet film actor. In 1965 he began working as a television and film director.
In 1972, Yulian Panich left the Soviet Union for Israel. Later that year he was offered a job in Munich with the Radio Liberty/Free Europe radio. Soon Panich became chief program producer with the Russian service (Radio Svoboda) and the symbol of anti-Soviet resistance. As such he was the object of special interest by the KGB.
After his retirement in 1995, Panich lived in the suburbs of Rambouillet in Paris.
Panich was married to Ludmila Zweig from 1956. They had a son, Igor Panich (born 1958) who is a writer.
Yulian Panich died on 9 October 2023, at the age of 92.