Semyon Svashenko was born on September 1, 1904 in Dergachi, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for
Shturmovye nochi (1931),
Quiet Flows the Don (1957) and
Tikhiy Don II (1958). He died on November 23, 1969 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].