[2][3] Yankovsky graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1974.

From 1974 to 1992 he served in the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre [Wikidata].

[6] From 17 September to 26 November 2001 he hosted the game show Alchnost (similar to the American Greed) on the NTV channel.

He held a degree of a Candidate of political sciences.

[7] Yankovsky died from cirrhosis of the liver in Moscow, on 26 January 2025, at the age of 73.