Grigoriy Kokhan was born on June 23, 1931 in Bortków, Tarnopolskie, Poland [now Bortkiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for
Yaroslav Mudry (1982),
Stambulskiy tranzit (1993) and
Tsyganka Aza (1987). He died on January 3, 2014 in Ukraine.