Kwa Leonidas ali mwana, kunali kofunika kwambiri kukhala woyendetsa ndege. Koma Bykov anali ndi kukula koyenera komanso maonekedwe. Mwinamwake, ife tinali ndi mwayi kuti izi zinali choncho ndi biography ya woimba Leonid Bykov. Ndani amadziwa zomwe zikanati zichitike ngati woyimba mtsogolo adatengedwera kutsogolo mu 1943. Mwina mbiri yake ingakhale yosiyana, kapena sakanakhalapo konse. Pa nthawi imeneyo banja la Bykov linali kutuluka, ku Barnaul. Mnyamatayo ananama kuti anali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu ndipo ankafuna kupita ku sukulu ya ndege, koma chifukwa cha kukula ndi maonekedwe a Leonid nthawi yomweyo anawonekera.
Kwa nthawi yayitali kwa wokonda zam'tsogolo, chilakolako chokhala woyendetsa ndege chinali chabe. Zolemba zake zikuphatikizapo kuti pambuyo pa nkhondo Leonid adakalibe sukulu yopulumukira, koma sanaphunzire kumeneko kwa mwezi woposa. Ndipo sizinali zovuta zedi. Ndizoti aphunzitsi amadziwa kuti Leonid sakufuna zimenezo, woyendetsa ndege sangakhale munthu wokwana masentimita zana ndi makumi atatu mphambu asanu ndi limodzi.
Afterkov atazindikira kuti sangakhale woyendetsa ndege, mwamunayo adasankha kusankha ntchito yake. Analowa ku Kiev School of Actors ndipo sanathe kudutsa mpikisanowo. Leonid anali wolakalaka komanso wodzikuza ndipo sanafune kubwerera kwawo. Ankaganiza kuti anzakewo angamunyoze ndipo zingasokoneze mtima wake. Kotero mnyamatayo anapita ku Kharkov ndipo anayesera kulowa mu zisudzo. Kunena zoona, iye anali atangowonongeka, makamaka osakhulupirira kuti adzapambana. Koma, Komabe, Bykov analembetsa chaka choyamba cha sukuluyi, popeza aphunzitsi onse a komitiyo adakondwera kwambiri ndi mnyamata uyu.
Atamaliza maphunziro a seweroli kwa zaka pafupifupi khumi, Leonid anagwira ntchito ku Kharkiv Theatre yotchedwa Shevchenko.
Leonid anayamba kuwombera mu 1952. Udindo wake woyamba kudziwika unali udindo wa Petit mu Tiger Tamar. Filimuyi inayamba kutchuka kwambiri pakati pa oonera Soviet. Ambiri amamvera chisoni ndi Petya yemwe ndi wachikondi, yemwe anali bwenzi labwino kwambiri la mtsikanayo, yemwe ankamukonda kwambiri. Filimu yotsatira inali chithunzi "Maxim Perepelitsa". Apa Leonid adagwira ntchito yaikulu, kupambana chikondi cha padziko lonse cha omvera. Anagwira ntchito ya mnyamata wachimwemwe yemwe amadziwa kuthetsa mavuto alionse, amachitira moyo mosavuta komanso mokondwera. Komabe, mu zochitika zazikulu, musataye mtima ndi kupeza njira yotulukira. Bykov ankadziwa momwe angasewere maudindo ndi zovuta. Choncho, ngati n'kotheka, amayesa kusankha anthu osiyana, kotero kuti sanawone ngati woyimba yemwe amanyamula chigoba. Ndi chifukwa chake Leonid adatha kudziwonetsa yekha kuchokera kumbali zosiyanasiyana ndikupanga onse owona kuti amamukonda.
M'zaka za m'ma 60ties, Bykov anayamba kudziyesa yekha kukhala mtsogoleri. Kwa ichi iye anatenga ngakhale mkazi wake ndi ana kuchokera ku Kharkov ndikupita ku Leningrad. Kumeneku kunali komwe anapatsidwa mwayi wopanga mafilimu. Inde, zitsanzo zoyambirira sizinali zogwira mtima, koma posakhalitsa Leonid anatsegula luso lake monga wotsogolera. Ankawombera zithunzi zochititsa chidwi, zomwe owonerera ambiri amatha kuziona. Ndiyeno panafika zaka za bata. Bykov anabwerera ku Ukraine, koma sanayambe kuchita nawo. Iye sanafune kuwombera mwina. Leonid anayamba kukhumudwa mu cinema. Zinkawoneka kuti mafilimu ambiri ndi abodza komanso osasangalatsa, alibe luso, kungofuna kuwombera chinachake chimene akuluakulu angafune. Leonid anawona anthu angapo omwe ankachita nawo masewera, kuchokera ku studio za filimu, zomwe amamuyamikira. Kwa Bykov ichi chinali chiwopsezo chenicheni, chifukwa ankamva ngati masewero ndi sinema, monga momwe amafunira ndi kuziwona, ayamba kugwa. Izi zinakhumudwitsa woimba. Izo zinamupangitsa iye kuvutika maganizo. Izi zinachitika mpaka nthawi yomwe Bykov anayamba kujambula filimuyo "Amuna Amuna Achikulire Akupita Kumenyana." Ichi chinali chithunzi chomwe chinakhala chokondedwa kwambiri ndi chosakumbukika kwa oonera mafilimu. Icho chiri pa iye akulirirabe mibadwo yonse pa Tsiku Lopambana. Firimuyi inakhala mwayi wolemekeza oyendetsa ndege omwe Bykov anali okondwa kwambiri. Iye adachita zonse ku chithunzichi anatulukira pazithunzi. Ngakhale kuti, nthawi ina, iwo ankawoneka kuti siwopambana mokwanira. Iwo ankafuna kutsekera kuwombera ndi zina zambiri, Leonid adatha kuchotsa mbambande iyi, kusewera limodzi mwa maudindo akuluakulu mmenemo. Msilikali woimba wotsogoleredwa ndi Captain Titarenko adagonjetsa mitima yonse. Pakadutsa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, filimuyo inkayang'aniridwa ndi anthu makumi asanu ndi anayi ndi zinayi. Panthawi imeneyo, inali ofesi yaikulu kwambiri. Anthu anali kuimba khungu lamdima, akulira Romeo ndi anthu ena, omwe achinyamata awo anali atathamanga mofulumira ndipo nkhondoyo inachotsedwa mwadzidzidzi.
Ntchito ina yowonongeka ndi Bykov inali filimu ina yonena za nkhondo - "Aty-bata, asilikali anali kuyenda". Mafilimuwa adalandiridwanso pakati pa omvera. Koma, pa kujambulidwa kwa chithunzi ichi Leonid anali ndi vuto la mtima wake woyamba. Chowonadi ndi chakuti Bykov anali ndi nkhawa kwambiri chifukwa cha mafilimu ake, chifukwa chakuti sizinali zonse zomwe zinaloledwa kuti ziyankhule, chifukwa chakuti malingaliro onse sakanakhoza kuyendetsedwa. Inde, adakondwera ndi mpikisano ndi mphoto, komabe iye, makamaka, ankafuna kuti omvetserawo azisangalala, akuyang'ana zojambula zake.
Chiwawa chachiwiri cha mtima mu Bykov chinali chifukwa chakuti mwana wake anali mu mbiriyakale ndi kuba ndi malo ogulitsa zodzikongoletsera. Koma, zitatha izi, Bykov adakalipo. Moyo wake unatengedwa ndi ngozi ya galimoto. Wojambula ndi wotsogolera anali ndi zaka makumi asanu okha. Unali mchitidwe woopsya kwambiri wa zochitika zomwe zinatenga munthu wozindikira.
Pa maliro, Bykov, monga adafunsira mwa chifuniro chake, sanafuule. Ingodulidwa mu "khungu lakuda" kokha, komaliza kwa Maestro.