Trivia

In 1972, he appeared in La 359ème section (1972), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

On 28 March 1974, he was granted the title of a People's Artist of the Russian SFSR.

On 26 November 1965, Viktor Avdyushko was awarded the title Meritorious Artist of the Russian SFSR.

He was given his first major appearance in the Hommes en guerre (1955), when he depicted the Russian soldier Stepan Osnobishin.

In early 1975, as he was working on a picture in Vladivostok during winter, Avdyushko entered the cold ocean water for a scene. He developed severe Pleural empyema, of which he died seven months later.

Viktor Avdyushko worked with foreign studios, mainly East Germany's DEFA: he played in Konrad Wolf's Chercheurs de soleil (1971) and in Frank Beyer's -Nu parmi les loups (1963).