Yulian Aleksandrovich Panich (Russian: Юлиа́н Алекса́ндрович Па́нич; 23 May 1931 – 9 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, and journalist. He was appointed Honored Artist of Russia in 1996.^[1]

Yulian Aleksandrovich Panich was born in Kirivigrad/Zinovyevsk on 23 May 1931. After graduating from the Shchukin Acting School in Moscow in 1954, Panich had a successful career of a Soviet film actor. In 1965 he began working as a television and film director.

In 1972, Yulian Panich left the Soviet Union for Israel. Later that year he was offered a job in Munich with the Radio Liberty/Free Europe radio. Soon Panich became chief program producer with the Russian service (Radio Svoboda) and the symbol of anti-Soviet resistance. As such he was the object of special interest by the KGB.^[2][3]

After his retirement in 1995, Panich lived in the suburbs of Rambouillet in Paris.^[4]

Panich was married to Ludmila Zweig from 1956. They had a son, Igor Panich (born 1958) who is a writer.^[5]

Yulian Panich died on 9 October 2023, at the age of 92.^[6]

• Road to Life (1955) as Semyon
• For the Power of the Soviets (1956) as Svyatoslav Marchenko
• Bloody Dawn (1956) as Marco Hushcha
• Different Fortunes (1956) as Fedor Morozov
• Three Hundred Years Ago... (1956) as Tymofiy Khmelnytsky
• Total Expensive (1957) as Roman Baklanov
• Leningrad Symphony (1957) as episode
• Stepan Kolchugin (1958) as Kuzma
• Kochubey (1958) as Sashko Nalivayko
• About My Friend (1958) as Aram
• Be Careful, Grandma! (1960) as Vasya Kazatchkov
• Reflections (1960) as episode
• Novels Red House (1963) as Maxim Sivoshapko
• The Green Carriage (1967) as Prince Vasili
• Pervorossiyane (1968) as Ataman Shurakov
• Seeing the White Nights (1969) as director