Ilya Oleynikov was born on July 10, 1947 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR as Ilya Lvovich Klyaver. He was an actor and composer, known for 12 stulev (2004), Gitler kaput! (2008) and Vlyublyonnyy maneken (1991). He was married to Irina Klyaver. He died on November 11, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia.