Luka Lyashenko was born on November 12, 1898 in Zhitnoye, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for
Volchi tropy (1930),
V sugrobakh (1929) and
Megobroba (1941). He died on December 1, 1976 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].