27 December] 1888[1] – January 18, 1966) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director, actor of theatre and film, pedagogue.

He directed two films, and appeared on screen six times during the Soviet era.

[1] Before the World War I he emigrated to Austria-Hungary where in 1913–1914 performed as an actor at the Ruska Besida Association theater in Lemberg (Lviv).

[1] Soon after the start of the war in 1916–1919 Yura was a member of the "Molodyi Teatr" theatre (Les Kurbas troupe) located in Kiev.

[3][1] In 1920 a group of former "Molodyi Theatre" led by Yura joined "Novyi Lvivskyi Teatr" which in Vinnytsia was reformed into the Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre and for the first few years (1920–1923) was touring Ukraine.