[3] Fame in cinema brought Zaychenko the role of Sgt.

Ivan Pukhov in Vadim Abdrashitov's Planet Parade (1984).

Later, the actor starred in two more films by this director: Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game and Armavir.

In 1990, Zaychenko played Ivan Shlykov in Pavel Lungin's Taxi Blues.

He was director of the Volgograd branch of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.