Gnat Yura was born on January 8, 1888 in Fedvar, Aleksandriya uyezd, Yelizavetgrad Governorate, Russian Empire as Gnat Petrovich Yura. He was an actor and director, known for Taras Shevchenko (1951), Prometey (1936) and Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god (1951). He died on January 18, 1966 in Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukranian SSR, USSR.