Yuriy Stoyanov wurde am 10 Juli 1957 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR geboren. Er ist Schauspieler und Regisseur, bekannt für 12 (2007), Gorodok (1993) und Gitler kaput! (2008).
Since 1993 he co-hosts a highly popular comedy TV show "Gorodok" ("The Little Town") and its spin-off "V Gorodke" ("In The Little Town") together with Ilya Oleynikov. In these 2 men shows the female characters are usually, if not always, performed by Stoyanov.
Both programs have the cult followings.