His father, Solomon Mykhailovych Holtsman, worked as a laborer at the Kyiv Film Factory, and his mother, Hanna Petrivna, was a housewife.

Among Svetin's most famous works in cinema are his roles in the films Athos, It Can't Be!

In 2009, Svetin received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

(1974), "Captain Crocus and the Secret of the Little Conspirators" (1991), "The Golden Chicken" (1993, "Marshmallows in Chocolate" (1994, "Object Jay" (1995), "Day of the Vanquished" (2009), "The True Story of the Scarlet Sails" (2010) and others.

He died on the morning of August 30 in the intensive care unit of the Gatchina Central District Hospital.