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Yakov Kostyukovsky studied at IFLI for only a year, before being drafted into the Red Army in 1939. He then took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland, which resulted in the eastern Polish regions being annexed and incorporated into Soviet Ukraine and Belorussia.
Writer: The Diamond Arm. Yakov Kostyukovskiy was born on 23 August 1921 in Zolotonosha, Poltava Governorate, Ukrainian SSR [now Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for The Diamond Arm (1969), Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967) and Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965).
- Writer, Music Department, Soundtrack
- August 23, 1921
- Yakov Kostyukovskiy
- April 12, 2011
According to one of the writers, Yakov Kostyukovsky, Gaidai had decided that the trio had reached the height of their popularity and did not want to feature them again. Kostyukovsky and co-writer Slobodsky convinced Gaidai to film Kidnapping, Caucasian Style.
The film's plot is based loosely on a screenplay written by Moris Slobodsky and Yakov Kostyukovsky entitled Light-hearted Stories (Несерьёзные истории); it consisted of two novels about comical adventures of a young student Vladik Arkov, clumsy but very decent.
The screenwriter of the main comedies, “Operation Y,” “Kidnapping, Caucasian Style” and “The Diamond Arm”, Yakov Kostyukovsky, remembered that Gaidai and he always worked on the script ...
Yakov Kostyukovsky since childhood was distinguished by perseverance and perseverance in studies, he graduated from high school with a gold medal, and for higher education the young man went to Moscow.
After Vladimir Dychovichny's death in 1963, Slobodskoy teamed up with Yakov Kostyukovsky. Together, they wrote the scripts for numerous films, including the celebrated comedies Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965) , Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1966), The Diamond Arm (1968), and many others.
