Date of birth: January 25, 1938
Date of death: July 25, 1980
Place of birth: Moscow
Vladimir Vysotsky- a great poet and actor. Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky born into a military family on January 25, 1938 in Moscow. Nina Maksimovna, Vladimir’s mother, initially worked as a translator-referent (German).
A little later I got a job as the head of the technical bureau. documentation. Father, Semyon Vladimirovich, rose to the rank of colonel.
The future artist spent his childhood in an average communal apartment in the capital. When he turned nine, his parents divorced. Vladimir stayed with his father, who married a little later. In the same year, the Vysotsky family went to East Germany to Vysotsky Jr., who served there. Two years later they returned home, and Vladimir goes to school.
In 1953, young Vysotsky enrolled in a drama club, headed by V. Bogomolov. At the same time he wrote his first poems, telling about the death of Stalin. When Vladimir graduated from school at the age of 17, he entered the Kuibyshev Institute of Civil Engineering in Moscow. However, his training is only a semester long.
In 1996, he began his studies at the studio school at the Moscow Art Theater. 3 years later he makes his debut in the play “Crime and Punishment”. At the same time he starred in his first film called “Peers”. From the beginning of his studies he met Iza Zhukova, whom he took as his wife in 1960.
Since 1960, Vysotsky has been working at the Drama Theater. Pushkin with breaks. Writes first songs. Some students of his work agree that the very first song written by Vysotsky was “Tattoo” (1961).
In 1964, he took songs seriously and wrote them for various films of that time. At the same time, he completely left work at the Pushkin Drama Theater and changed it to the Moscow Drama and Comedy Theater (Taganka).
1967 was the year Vladimir met Marina Vladi, an actress and future wife, and a year later his first record was released. In 1969, Vladi saved Vysotsky’s life when his blood vessel burst. He could have died at home. In the winter of 1970, they formalized their relationship. The main role in the play “Hamlet”, which took place in 1971 at Taganka, rightfully went to V. Vysotsky.
In 1978, he received the highest category of pop vocalist of the USSR, awarded by the Ministry of Culture. Vysotsky spends almost the entire next year on tour in the USA. Performs in Yugoslavia, Hungary, France, Poland and Germany. At the same time, they organized the shooting of the famous Soviet film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed.”
Unfortunately, by that time the singer’s health had already deteriorated from permanent alcohol and drug addiction. Doctors warned that such a lifestyle would end extremely badly for Vysotsky, and treatment may be unsuccessful.
Soon Vladimir experiences clinical death. On July 16, 1980, the last concert of the Soviet artist took place, and on July 25 of the same year he died at home in Moscow. An autopsy was not performed, so the exact cause of death has not been determined.
The debate continues to this day. Most likely, it was asphyxia or myocardial infarction.
Achievements of Vladimir Vysotsky:
During Vladimir's lifetime, 7 records, 1 giant disk and fifteen records were released general his songs were included. A number of CDs and tapes were also released after his death. His songs are popular in France, USA, Finland, Bulgaria, Germany and Israel. Surprisingly, his songs are listened to even in Japan and Korea.
Played about a dozen roles in the world of theater and cinema. Even today he is one of the most revered artists of the 20th century.
History has captured Vysotsky, first of all, as a singer performing his songs with a seven-string guitar.
Dates from the biography of Vladimir Vysotsky:
1938 – birth.
1947 – parents divorce. Stays with father. The family temporarily moves to East Germany.
1949 - return to Moscow. Vladimir goes to first grade.
1953 - wrote the first poems in memory of Stalin.
1955 – graduated from school. Student at the Moscow Kuibyshev Institute of Civil Engineering.
1956 – goes to study at the Moscow Art Theater School.
1959 – play “Crime and Punishment”: debut.
1960 – began working at the Moscow Dram. Theater named after Pushkin. Marries I. Zhukova.
1961 – the first song (according to researchers) “Tattoo”.
1964 - moved to the Moscow Taganka Drama and Comedy Theater.
1967 – met M. Vladi.
1970 - they got married.
1978 – The highest category of pop vocalist-soloist.
1979 – world tour. Starring in “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed.”
1980 - gave his last concert. Death in Moscow.
Interesting facts of Vladimir Vysotsky:
There was a case when Vysotsky’s room in a Sochi hotel was robbed. However, a little later the thieves returned all the things after they found out who they belonged to.
I have never been a dissident. He traveled freely abroad, gave concerts there, and enjoyed extraordinary respect from the KGB and officials.
Vladimir Vysotsky is a legend. His songs, performed with a guitar, were heard in all Soviet yards, he became a symbol of his time. His creative path is multifaceted and ambiguous: Vysotsky was adored by ordinary citizens and hated by the Soviet authorities, which is why he did not receive many roles. In the theater they either elevated him to the rank of star, or tried to fire him for absenteeism and drunkenness. Be that as it may, the bard’s works are close to representatives of different social strata, and they have not lost their relevance today.
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Biography
Vladimir Semenovich was born in 1938 in the capital. His early years took place in a huge communal apartment. Mother worked as a translator, father was a military man. When the boy was 3 years old, the Great Patriotic War began. The mother was forced to leave with her son for the Urals, the father took part in hostilities.
When peace came, Volodya was brought to Moscow. He lived in full family only two years: father and mother soon divorced and moved away.
IN school age Vladimir ended up in the post-war GDR, where his father brought him. The boy received gloomy impressions from this protracted journey. His peers in Moscow courtyards felt much happier. In a foreign country, the future bard began to learn to play the piano.
Volodya's mother quickly arranged her personal life. The future actor and singer had a tense relationship with her husband. He was closer new family father, where the young man settled in the late 1940s, returning to Moscow. His new home was an apartment in Bolshoi Karetny Lane, to which he dedicated one of his songs.
Here, in the very heart of Moscow, Volodya began to communicate with urban youth of the 1950s. Back then, courtyard romance, songs with a guitar and gatherings on the street were in fashion. This is how the relationship between Vysotsky and his “seven-string girlfriend” began.
In high school, Vladimir attended a drama club, but had no intention of devoting his life to acting. After school, he went to college to become an engineer. The decision to change fate was made unexpectedly in New Year's Eve 1956. Together with his friend Igor Kokhanovsky, the young man worked on the drawings that they needed for the exams. Having finished his work, Vysotsky poured a jar of ink on him and announced that in six months he would submit documents to the theater.
The young man’s wish came true: six months later he became a student at the Moscow Art Theater. In his third year, he was able to try his hand at the film “Peers.”
After receiving his diploma, Vladimir Vysotsky spent a long time searching for himself. He changed theaters, but never received satisfaction from his work. He managed to find “his place” only in 1964. He got a job at the Taganka Theater, where he worked all his life. Here he got many dramatic roles: Hamlet, Pugachev, Svidrigailov and others. The actor went on tour throughout Eastern Europe.
In 1967, Vladimir's career on television began. A film was released with him in leading role"Vertical". The brilliant acting delighted fans. In the 1970s, Vysotsky was hardly shown on television: he became a figure non grata for the Soviet regime, and many attractive roles passed the artist by.
According to Vladimir Vysotsky, Bulat Okudzhava became his idol and inspiration in his bard career. The actor wrote his first songs during his college years. He performed them with a guitar in the yard. Neither the author himself nor his neighboring listeners imagined how far his creative career would go.
The beginning of creative maturity was the composition “Submarine”. Today the bard's legacy includes more than 600 songs. His works were heard on the radio, from the stage of concert halls, in films where the talented actor took part. Soviet citizens knew the lines of bright hits by heart.
The bard's concerts always attracted full houses. His works were close to representatives of different social strata and different ages. Today they are known and loved, they are played on radio and television.
Personal life
The personal life of Vladimir Vysotsky is no less eventful than his creative path. He first tied the knot in 1960. A classmate became his chosen one. Family idyll did not last long: the couple quarreled without living together for even a year, and Iza left the capital.
The singer's second wife was Lyudmila Abramova. She gave birth to two sons to Vysotsky, but this marriage broke up just as quickly. The couple filed for divorce in 1968.
The actor’s third love was Marina Vladi. He dreamed of meeting the actress after the film “The Witch” with her participation. When the meeting took place, Vysotsky could not take his eyes off the beauty throughout the evening. The wedding took place in 1970. The bard lived with this woman for 10 years, she became his muse and reliable support.
The cause of many problems in personal life and creative path Vladimir began to crave alcohol. Due to alcohol addiction, the kidneys and heart suffered, and doctors were forced to use narcotic substances to bring the actor out of serious conditions.
Addiction caused the bard's untimely death in 1980. He died in his sleep and was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.
In Moscow, in the family of a military man.
In the first years of the war, his mother served in the transcription bureau at the Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, then worked as a translator-referent German language in the foreign department of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions, as a guide in Intourist. Father - military signalman, colonel, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, holder of more than 20 orders and medals.
After his parents' divorce, in 1947 Vladimir moved to live in new family father and until 1949 lived at his place of service in the city of Eberswalde (Germany).
Returning to Moscow, the family settled in Bolshoy Karetny Lane, where Vladimir entered the fifth grade of school No. 186.
Since 1953, Vysotsky attended the drama club in the Teacher's House, which was led by the Moscow Art Theater artist Vladimir Bogomolov.
In 1955, at the insistence of his relatives, he entered the mechanical faculty of the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering, which he left after the first semester.
In 1960 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, course of Pavel Massalsky.
His first theatrical work was the role of Porfiry Petrovich in the educational play “Crime and Punishment” (1959).
In 1960-1962, Vysotsky worked at the Moscow Theater named after A.S. Pushkin, where he played the role of Leshy in the play " The Scarlet Flower"based on Aksakov's fairy tale, as well as about 10 more roles, mostly episodic.
In 1962-1964 he was an actor at the Moscow Theater of Miniatures.
In 1964-1980, Vladimir Vysotsky worked in the troupe of the Moscow Taganka Drama and Comedy Theater under the direction of Yuri Lyubimov. He played leading roles in the plays “The Life of Galileo” and “Hamlet”, participated in the plays “The Good Man from Szechwan”, “Antiworlds”, “Fallen and Living”, “Listen!”, “Pugachev”, “The Cherry Orchard”, “Crime” and punishment" etc.
He made his film debut in 1959 in the cameo role of student Petya in the film “Peers” directed by Vasily Ordynsky. At the beginning of his film career, Vysotsky was busy mainly in episodes and supporting roles. He starred in such films as “The Career of Dima Gorin” (1961), “The 713th Requests Landing” (1962), “The Sinner” (1962), “Our House” (1965), “The Cook” (1965), “Sasha -Sasha" (1966), "Vertical" (1966), "Intervention" (1968). He played leading roles in the films “Brief Encounters” (Maxim, 1967), “Two Comrades Served” (Brusentsov, 1968), “Master of the Taiga” (Ryaboy, 1968), “Bad good man"(von Koren, 1973), "The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married the Arab" (Arap, 1976), "Little Tragedies" (Don Juan, 1979), "The meeting place cannot be changed" (Zheglov, 1979).
Vysotsky wrote his first poem, “My Oath,” dedicated to the memory of Joseph Stalin, as an 8th grade student in March 1953. In the early 1960s, Vysotsky's first songs appeared. One of the first songs was “49 days” (1960) about the feat of four Soviet soldiers, drifted and survived in Pacific Ocean, and “Tattoo” (1961), which marked the beginning of a cycle of “thieves” themes.
He first performed his first songs in a narrow circle, and from 1965 he sang from the stage.
Poetic and song creativity, along with work in theater and cinema, became the main work of his life. Vysotsky's songs were performed in 32 feature films.
In 1968, Vladimir Vysotsky's first flexible disc with songs from the film "Vertical" was released, in 1973-1976 - four original minions, and in 1977, three more original discs were released in France.
On February 13, 1978, by order of the Minister of Culture of the USSR, according to the entry in the artist’s certification certificate, Vladimir Vysotsky was awarded highest category vocalist and pop singer, which was the official recognition of Vysotsky as a “professional singer”.
Vysotsky's many years of concert work constantly encountered external difficulties; the widest popularity of his texts was accompanied by an unspoken ban on their publication. For the first time and in last time During his lifetime in the USSR, Vysotsky's poem ("From a Travel Diary") was published in 1975 in the Soviet literary and artistic collection "Poetry Day".
In total, Vladimir Vysotsky wrote about 600 songs and poems.
In the second half of the 1970s, he often visited abroad, giving concerts in France, the USA, Canada and other countries. Vysotsky gave more than one thousand concerts in the USSR and abroad.
The artist’s last performance took place on July 16, 1980 in Kaliningrad (now Korolev) near Moscow. On July 18, 1980, Vysotsky made his last appearance in his most famous role at the Taganka Theater - the role of Hamlet.
On July 25, 1980, Vladimir Vysotsky died in Moscow. There was no official report of death - the Moscow Olympics were taking place at that time. On the day of the funeral, about 40 thousand people came to say goodbye to their beloved artist. He was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.
In 1981, Vysotsky’s first collection of poems, “Nerve,” was published, and in 1988, the collection “I, of course, will return...”
In 1986, Vladimir Vysotsky was posthumously awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR; in 1987, the USSR State Prize was awarded (posthumously, for participation in the television series “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” and the author’s performance of songs).
A monument by sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov, unveiled on October 12, 1985, was erected at Vysotsky’s grave at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.
At the Petrovsky Gate in Moscow on July 25, 1995, on the 15th anniversary of the poet’s death, a monument to Vysotsky, sculpture by Gennady Raspopov, was erected.
The actor and singer were opened in various cities of Russia and abroad.
A monument to Vladimir Vysotsky by sculptor Alexander Apollonov was unveiled in Crimea in Simferopol.
In 1992, the State Cultural Center-Museum of V.S. Vysotsky "Vysotsky's House on Taganka".
In 1997 Charitable Foundation Vladimir Vysotsky, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Committee for Culture of the City of Moscow established the annual Vysotsky Prize “Own Track”. The prize is awarded to people whose life and work are consonant with the themes of Vysotsky’s poetry.
The Taganka Actors' Community staged the play "Air Force" (Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky).
A huge number of documentaries and television programs have been shot about the life and work of the actor and poet.
On December 1, 2011, the film “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive,” directed by Pyotr Buslov and written by Vysotsky’s son Nikita, was released.
Vladimir Vysotsky was married three times. The first wife is actress Iza Zhukova, the second is actress Lyudmila Abramova. This marriage produced two sons: Arkady (born in 1962), who became a screenwriter, and Nikita (born in 1964), who, like his parents, became a theater and film artist. Since 1996, Nikita Vysotsky has been director State Museum my father.
The third wife of Vladimir Vysotsky is a French actress of Russian origin Marina Vladi.
The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources
Vysotsky Vladimir Semenovich (1938-1980) - a brilliant poet who lived and worked in the Soviet Union, film actor, author of prose works; was a leading actor in the Taganka Theater, performing his own songs on a Russian seven-string guitar. In 1987 he was posthumously awarded the USSR State Prize.
Parents
Vladimir was born on January 25, 1938. This happened at 9:40 am. morning in the Dzerzhinsky district of the capital of the USSR, on Third Street Meshchanskaya there was maternity hospital No. 8. Now much has changed its name, now it is Shchepkina Street, and the building of the maternity hospital belongs to the MONIKI Institute. But there is still a sign there that says he was born here on January 25 great person─ Vladimir Vysotsky.
His dad, Semyon Vladimirovich Vysotsky, was from the Ukrainian capital, the city of Kyiv. He was a military signalman, went through the Great Patriotic War, had about 20 medals and orders, and rose to the rank of colonel. Vysotsky’s paternal grandfather was also named Vladimir Semyonovich, he was originally from Brest and at one time received three higher educations at once - a lawyer, a chemist and an economist. The poet’s grandmother, Daria Alekseevna, worked as a nurse and later as a cosmetologist; she adored her grandson Vladimir and was a passionate fan of his work.
Mom, Nina Maksimovna ( maiden name Seregina), had a diploma from the Moscow Institute foreign languages O higher education. She worked as a reviewer-translator from German, and later as a guide at Intourist.
Both father and mother far outlived their brilliant child. Semyon Vladimirovich died in 1997, Nina Maksimovna in 2003.
The Vysotsky family lived in a huge communal apartment, located in an old house on 1st Meshchanskaya Street. Many years later, in “The Ballad of Childhood,” the poet will write about his first apartment: “There is only one restroom for 38 rooms.”
Childhood
With the beginning of the war, dad went to the front, and little Volodya and his mother were evacuated to the village of Vorontsovka near the city of Buzuluk Orenburg region. They lived there for two years and in 1943 returned to Moscow.
Vladimir's father met the young widow Evgenia Likhalatova at the front, and when he returned home, Vysotsky's parents divorced. Mom soon got married for the second time, but little Volodya’s relationship with his stepfather did not work out, and Nina Maksimovna herself, due to her busy work, did not have any time left to raise her son.
Then the father decided to take the child with him to Germany, where he was sent to serve. Volodya, of course, missed his own mother, but he also really liked his stepmother. Evgenia Stepanovna is Armenian by nationality and, to show how respectfully he treats her, Vladimir was baptized in an Armenian apostolic church. He called her mother Zhenya, and the woman was practically raising her stepson alone, because Semyon Vladimirovich disappeared for days at a time at work. In the future, it will be she who will come to Volodya’s defense when he decides to connect his fate with creativity; his own mother and father will be categorically against this.
Schooling Vladimir started at Moscow school No. 273, where he studied for two years. Then he studied in the German city of Eberswalde, where his father served. It was there that he first began to master riding a bicycle and playing the piano. In the fall of 1949, he came with his father and mother Zhenya to Moscow, where he went to study at secondary school for men No. 186. He continued his studies in the 5th grade at his place of residence, and father and mother Zhenya settled on Bolshoy Karetny Lane, which he later will write his most famous song. It is here, at house No. 15, that the first Memorial plaque national idol.
Studying at institutes
Volodya's artistic abilities were evident back in school years, he studied in a drama club under the guidance of the Moscow Art Theater actor V. Bogomolov. And in adolescence Vladimir spent all his evenings in the company of street youth, whose main entertainment at that time was strumming the guitar and singing heart-warming songs about Kolyma, Murka and Vorkuta.
In 1955, Volodya received a certificate of secondary education and, at the insistence of his parents, became a student in the mechanical department at the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering. But he did not study here for even a year. On New Year's Eve, when all the students were celebrating the holiday, Volodya and his friend Igor Kokhanovsky made drawings, without which they would not have been allowed to take the exams. When everything was drawn, Vladimir took the ink and poured it onto whatman paper with the finished drawing, saying: "Enough. I have 6 months left to prepare for entering theater school. And all this is not for me...”. He wrote a statement to the dean's office and was expelled from educational institution By at will.
In the summer of 1956, Volodya entered the acting department at the Moscow Art Theater School. In his third year he played on the theater stage for the first time. It was a training production of “Crime and Punishment”, he got the role of Porfiry Petrovich. His first film work occurred at the same time. In the film “Peers”, Vladimir played a small role as student Petya.
Theater
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater, Vysotsky went to work at the Pushkin Theater. Here he played a little, about 10 characters, mostly minor. The most significant role was Leshy in The Scarlet Flower.
Vysotsky’s next place of work was the theater of miniatures, but even here he did not receive much joy; he was given episodic roles or was even involved in crowd scenes. Many openly laughed at his low, hoarse voice, which later became his signature feature. The actor worked here for less than two months.
Vladimir also tried to get into the Sovremennik Theater. From 1960 to 1964 he was in search until he ended up at the Taganka Theater. From now on, the two words “Taganka” and “Vysotsky” will forever be inextricably linked; he will work here until his death, despite the fact that his relationship with the director of the theater, Yuri Lyubimov, did not always work out.
Very little time passed, and people were already going to the Taganka Theater only because of Vysotsky. He worked the audience furiously, to the point of groaning and exhaustion, as only the greatest actors can do.
It is impossible to beat him; the roles he performed will remain the best forever:
| Title of the performance | The role of Vysotsky V.S. |
| "Life of Galileo" | Galileo |
| "The Good Man from Szechwan" | Second God |
| "Mother" | Vlasov the father |
| "Hero of our time" | Captain Dragunsky |
| "Pugachev" | Khlopusha |
| "Hamlet" | Hamlet |
| "The Cherry Orchard" | Lopakhin |
| "Crime and Punishment" | Svidrigailov |
Vysotsky had envious people at the Taganka Theater, but there were also real ones faithful friends– Lenya Filatov, Alla Demidova, Valery Zolotukhin. Together with the team, Vladimir often went abroad on tour: to Bulgaria and Poland, Hungary and Germany, France and Yugoslavia.
Movie
Viewers especially loved and continue to love Vysotsky’s roles in films.
He played in almost 30 films, sang his own songs in 6 films, and in another 11 his songs were performed by other people.
| What year was the film released? | Movie title | The role of Vysotsky V.S. |
| 1961 | "Career of Dima Gorin" | Sofron (high-rise erector) |
| 1962 | "The 713 is asking to land" | American sailor |
| 1963 | "Free kick" | Yuri Nikulin (gymnast) |
| 1965 | "Cook" | Andrey Pchelka |
| 1965 | "On Tomorrow Street" | Pyotr Markin (foreman) |
| 1967 | "Short Encounters" | Maxim (geologist) |
| 1967 | "Vertical" | Volodya (radio operator) |
| 1968 | "Intervention" | Voronov/Brodsky |
| 1968 | "Master of the Taiga" | Ryaboy (raftsman foreman) |
| 1968 | “Two comrades served” | Brusentsov |
| 1975 | "Mr. McKinley's Escape" | Bill Seeger (singer) |
| 1976 | “The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married a Blackamoor” | Ibrahim Hannibal |
| 1979 | "Little Tragedies" | Don Guan |
Well, and, of course, the most famous film “The meeting place cannot be changed,” where Vladimir brilliantly played the Moscow police captain Gleb Zheglov. It was not easy for director Stanislav Govorukhin to work with the actor. Vladimir did not like second takes; if he had already played once, he had carried everything through himself, had already experienced these emotions and was not going to repeat them again. And he wound up his partners in such a way that they also played everything out on the first take.
Songs
Vysotsky wrote more than 850 poetic works (poems and songs).
It is difficult to name a side of life that he would not touch upon in his work. He wrote about love and politics, humorous and satirical poems, in which he sharply criticized the social system, he composed ballads, fairy tale songs, and monologue songs. He sang about how mere mortal people relate to life, about their honor and dignity, about the strength of human character, about the hardships of fate.
At that time, reel-to-reel tape recorders began to appear in Soviet apartments, and there was probably not a single family in which Vysotsky’s recordings were not listened to. The government banned him, and the people made an idol out of Vladimir. His “songs on the edge” especially touched the soul:
- “About Paradise Apples”;
- "Two Fates";
- “Horses are picky”;
- "Giraffe";
- “Sauna in white”;
- "I do not like";
- "Pacer's Run";
- "Sail";
- "Wolf Hunt";
- "Song about a friend";
- "Big Karetny"
- “He did not return from the battle”;
- "Save our souls";
- "Ships"
Unfortunately, the great poet was recognized after his death. In 1981, a collection of Vysotsky’s poetic works “Nerve” was published.
Personal life
Vladimir met his first wife Iza Zhukova in student years. They got married in 1960, but their life together was very short.
In 1961, Vysotsky met the most beautiful artist of the Soviet Union, as he described then future wife to my friend. It was Lyudmila Abramova. Their union produced two sons: Arkady in 1962 and Nikita in 1964.
Vladimir divorced Lyudmila Abramova in 1968. However, many years after his death, she founded and is the custodian memorial museum V. S. Vysotsky.
His third wife and muse was Marina Vladi, an actress from France.
Vladimir knew her from the film “The Witch,” in which she played at the age of 17. Then men all over the world were in love with the beautiful Marina. Vladi also heard a lot about the actor Vysotsky and his songs from her French colleagues.
Their meeting took place in 1967. Marina came to work Soviet Union, came to the Taganka Theater, to the play “Pugachev,” where Vysotsky screamed and tore so furiously, chained, playing Khlopusha on stage. She was shocked by this power. After the performance, they met each other for the first time in a restaurant.
She left for Paris, but an incomprehensible melancholy haunted her; at first Marina could not figure out why her heart ached so much. When the phone rang and she heard a hoarse voice on the other end of the line, she immediately understood why she felt so bad. Marina Vladi disappeared because she fell in love.
The Soviet leadership was favorable to them and allowed them to get married in 1970. But they didn't have enough time to be happy. Marina was constantly looking for some kind of loophole to come to her husband in the USSR. It was impossible for her to go to the Soviet Union for permanent residence; her sons from previous marriages lived in Paris.
Endless visas and vast distances tormented them, but those days when they were together became a real holiday for Volodya and Marina. The only sad thing was that every time she noticed how much Vysotsky was becoming dependent on alcohol. Vladi constantly fought for him, tried to win him away from this addiction. She almost succeeded: on his last visit to Paris, Vladimir promised her that he would quit this business forever.
Yes, he's done. Forever... On July 25, 1980, in Paris, a telephone rang in Marina’s apartment at 4 o’clock in the morning. She immediately felt that she was about to hear; at the other end of the line they said: “Volodya has died.”
Death and funeral
He died in his Moscow apartment in his sleep. Relatives refused to perform an autopsy, so no one knows the exact cause of death (heart attack or asphyxia).
The country hosted the Summer Olympics. It was forbidden to report the death of the great poet and musician. At the box office window of the Taganka Theater they hung a small piece of paper, where they wrote that the performance would not take place, the actor Vladimir Vysotsky had died. Not a single person who bought a ticket to the performance returned it.
Despite the fact that neither radio nor television reported the poet’s death, the whole country learned, and it seemed that all of Moscow came to the Vagankovskoye cemetery. The people carried huge armfuls of fresh flowers and, on a scorching July day, hid them under umbrellas so that they would not wither. Vysotsky sincerely loved and regretted ordinary people, and they idolized him for it.
As an author and performer of his own songs with guitar, he gained wide popularity. In the 70s of the 20th century, citizens of the USSR bought tape recorders (an expensive purchase at that time, more than a month’s salary) specifically to listen to the songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. Many of his songs became folk [source?] (that is, almost the entire population of the USSR knew them), and the names of the heroes of these songs became household names. And this despite the fact that neither his songs nor his name itself were practically mentioned in the official media of the USSR.
Vysotsky wrote about 700 songs and poems, played about thirty roles in films, acted in the theater, and toured the whole country and the world with concerts. During the years of strict censorship, Vysotsky touched upon forbidden topics (for example, in his early years he performed criminal songs), sang about everyday Soviet life and about the Great Patriotic War - all this brought him wide popularity.
Childhood
Vysotsky was born on January 25, 1938 in Moscow, into a family of employees. Father, Semyon Vladimirovich Vysotsky (1916-1997), is a career military man, colonel. Mother, Nina Maksimovna (nee Seregina) (1912-2003), is a translator from German by profession. Early childhood Vladimir spent time in a Moscow communal apartment on First Meshchanskaya Street. During the Great Patriotic War, he lived with his mother for two years in evacuation in the city of Buzuluk in the Urals. In 1943 he returned to Moscow, to 1st Meshchanskaya Street, 126. In 1945 he went to first grade at school No. 273 in the Rostokinsky district. In 1947-1949, with his father and his second wife, Evgenia Stepanovna Likhalatova-Vysotskaya, he lived in Eberswalde (Germany), where he learned to play the piano. Then he returned to Moscow, where he lived in Bolshoy Karetny Lane, 15. This lane is immortalized in his song - “Where are your seventeen years? On Bolshoy Karetny!..”
Artist career
Since 1953, Vysotsky attended the drama club in the Teacher's House, led by the Moscow Art Theater artist V. Bogomolov. Graduated in 1955 high school No. 186 and, at the insistence of relatives, entered the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. V. Kuibysheva. After the first semester he leaves the institute.
From 1956 to 1960 Vysotsky is a student in the acting department of the Moscow Art Theater School. V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. He studied with B.I. Vershilov, then with P.V. Massalsky and A.M. Komissarov. In my first year, I met my first wife, Iza Zhukova. The year 1959 was marked by the first theatrical work (the role of Porfiry Petrovich in the educational play “Crime and Punishment”) and the first film role (the film “Peers”, the episodic role of student Petit). In 1960, the first mention of Vysotsky occurred in the central press, in the article by L. Sergeev “Nineteen from the Moscow Art Theater” (“Soviet Culture”, 1960, June 28).
In 1960-1964. Vysotsky worked (with interruptions) at the Moscow Drama Theater. A. S. Pushkin. He played the role of Leshy in the play “The Scarlet Flower” based on the fairy tale by S. Aksakov, as well as about 10 more roles, mostly episodic.
Best of the day
In 1961, on the set of the film “The 713th Requests Landing,” he met Lyudmila Abramova, who became his second wife. In the same year his first songs appeared. The song "Tattoo", written in Leningrad, is considered his first song. Subsequently, songwriting became the main (along with acting) work of life. He worked for less than two months at the Moscow Theater of Miniatures and unsuccessfully tried to enter the Sovremennik Theater. In 1964, Vysotsky created his first songs for films and went to work at the Moscow Taganka Drama and Comedy Theater, where he worked until the end of his life.
In July 1967, he met the French actress Marina Vladi (Marina Vladimirovna Polyakova), who became his third wife.
In 1968, he sent a letter to the Central Committee of the CPSU in connection with sharp criticism of his early songs in central newspapers. In the same year, his first author’s gramophone record, “Songs from the film “Vertical””, was released.
In 1975, Vysotsky moved into a cooperative apartment on the street. Malaya Gruzinskaya, 28. In the same year, for the first and last time during his lifetime, Vysotsky’s poem was published in a literary and artistic collection (Poetry Day 1975. M., 1975).
In 1978 he recorded on TV of the Chechen Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1979 he participated in the publication of the METROPOL almanac.
In the 1970s, he met the gypsy musician and artist Alyosha Dmitrievich in Paris. They repeatedly sang songs and romances together, and even planned to record a joint record, but Vysotsky died in 1980 and this project did not materialize.
Together with the actors of the Taganka Theater he went on tour abroad - to Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia (BITEF), France, Germany, Poland.
Recorded about 10 radio plays (including “The Hero of the Mongolian Steppes”, “The Stone Guest”, “Stranger”, “Beyond the Bystryansky Forest”). He gave more than 1000 concerts in the USSR and abroad.
On January 22, 1980, it was recorded on CT in the Kinopanorama program, fragments of which will be shown for the first time in January 1981, and will be released in its entirety only in 1986
Last days and death
On July 14, 1980, one of the last songs, “My sadness, my longing... Variation on Gypsy Themes,” was performed at the Pasteur Research Institute (Moscow). Two days later, Vladimir Vysotsky’s last concert took place in Kaliningrad near Moscow (now the city of Korolev).
On July 18, 1980, Vysotsky last appeared in his most famous role at the Taganka Theater, in the role of Hamlet, a production of the same name based on Shakespeare.
On July 25, 1980, at 4:10 am, Vysotsky died in his sleep in his Moscow apartment. According to Anatoly Fedotov, the cause of death was myocardial infarction. According to Stanislav Shcherbakov and Leonid Sulpovar - asphyxia, suffocation, as a result of excessive use of sedatives. Nevertheless, the real reason Vysotsky's death still remains unknown.
Vysotsky died during the summer Olympic Games. On the eve of the Olympic Games, many residents with serious criminal records were evicted from Moscow. The city was closed to the entry of Soviet citizens and flooded with police. There were practically no reports about the death of Vladimir Vysotsky in the Soviet media (only a message appeared in “Evening Moscow” on July 28 and, possibly after the funeral, an article in memory of Vysotsky in “Soviet Russia”; for a number of citizens of the USSR, the media were foreign radio stations, promptly aired Vysotsky’s songs, on the Voice of America, for example, they played “The One Who Was With Her Before” VIDEO CLIP). And yet, a huge crowd gathered at the Taganka Theater, where he worked, and stayed there for several days (on the day of the funeral, the roofs of the buildings around Taganskaya Square were also filled with people). It seemed that all of Moscow was burying Vysotsky, although there was no official report of his death. Only above the box office window was a modest announcement posted: “The actor Vladimir Vysotsky has died.” Not a single person returned the ticket - everyone keeps it as a relic...
In general, we buried him, and in this I have some kind of dominant role. They wanted to bury him quietly and quickly. A closed city, an Olympics, and it turned out to be a rather unpleasant picture for them. When they lied, they said that they would bring a coffin to say goodbye to him, and the line was coming from the Kremlin... Apparently, their thinking was such that how to transport this type past the Kremlin to the Vagankovskoye cemetery. So they just dashed into the tunnel. They began to break out his portrait, which is located on the second floor, watering machines turned to flowers that people were protecting with umbrellas, because it was terrible heat... And this huge crowd, which behaved just perfectly, began shouting throughout the entire square: “Fascists! Fascists! This shot went around the whole world, and, of course, they hid it.
From an interview with Yu.P. Lyubimov on Radio Liberty
Posthumous recognition
In 1981, the first major collection of Vysotsky's works, Nerve, was published. In 1986, Vysotsky was posthumously awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in 1987, for creating the image of Zheglov in the television feature film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” and the author’s performance of songs, he was awarded the USSR State Prize. In 1989, the USSR Council of Ministers supported the proposal of the Soviet Culture Fund, the USSR Ministry of Culture, the Moscow City Executive Committee and the public to create a Vladimir Vysotsky museum in Moscow.
The asteroid “Vladvysotsky” (2374 Vladvysotskij) was named in honor of the poet.
Eldar Ryazanov shot the documentary film “Four Meetings with Vladimir Vysotsky” in 1987.
More details about Vysotsky in philately - http://v-vysotsky.narod.ru/statji/2003/Filatelija/text.html A stamp with the image of Vladimir Vysotsky, issued in Equatorial Guinea, in the article by Marlena Zimnaya and Mark Tsybulsky "Planet" Vladimir Vysotsky"" - http://v-vysotsky.narod.ru/statji/2006/Planeta_Vysotsky/text.html
Vysotsky's musical style
Vladimir Vysotsky wrote songs mainly in minor key. He accompanied himself on a seven-string Russian guitar, often tuning it a tone or one and a half tone below its “nominal” value.
Popular chords of Vysotsky (guitar tuned one tone lower, do-la-fa-do-la-fa-do / C-A-F-C-A-F-C):
Key of C minor (early songs)
Accord Lada
Cm (C minor)
D# (D reduced)
Fm (F minor)
Key of A minor
Accord Lada
Am (A minor)
A (A major)
Dm (D minor)
E7 (Mi 7)
G (G major)
C (C major)
C (C major)
Family and friends
Parents
* Mother - Nina Maksimovna
* Father - Semyon Vladimirovich
* Stepmother - Evgenia Stepanovna
Wives
2. Lyudmila Vladimirovna Abramova (July 25, 1965 - February 10, 1970, divorced) (two sons: Arkady (b. 1962), Nikita (b. 1964))
Friends
* Shemyakin, Mikhail Mikhailovich
* David Karapetyan
* Ivan Bortnik
* Valery Pavlovich Yanklovich
* Lev Kocharyan
* Arthur Makarov
* Stanislav Sergeevich Govorukhin
* Vsevolod Abdulov
* Tumanov, Vadim Ivanovich
* Igor Kokhanovsky
* Valery Zolotukhin
* Dykhovichny Ivan
Discography
Main article: Discography of Vladimir Vysotsky
1. Alice in Wonderland
2. Bathhouse in white
3. Flight of Mr. McKinley
4. The weight is taken!
5. Vysotsky in Paris
6. Skydive
7. Ivan da Marya
8. Medical history
9. Concert at the “Commune” cultural center (part 1)
10. Concert at the “Commune” cultural center (part 2)
11. Concert at the Mir Palace of Culture
12. Concert at the VAMI Palace of Culture
13. Concert at the Eureka Club-Shop
14. Concert in Severodonetsk
15. Concert at the Central Puppet Theater
16. Concert in Moscow
17. Concert at the Molekula cafe
18. Concert at Energosetproekt
19. Concert at the Ministry of Internal Affairs club
20. Concert at DSK-3
21. Concert at the Research Institute of Surgery
22. Concert at the Farhad Palace of Culture, Navoi
23. Concert at NIKIMP
24. Concerts in Kazan
25. Domes
26. Lukomorye no longer exists
27. My Hamlet
28. Don't worry!
29. But I don’t regret it!
30. Monument
31. Song about the Volga
32. At least talk to me
33. I will lose true faith
34. Journey into the past
35. River
36. Your own island
37. Say thank you for being alive!
38. Tattoo
39. Tikhoretskaya
40. Formulation
41. I come from childhood
Filmography
* 1959 - Peers (“Mosfilm”, director V. Ordynsky) - student Petya
* 1961 - Career of Dima Gorin (film studio named after M. Gorky, directors F. Dovlatyan and L. Mirsky) - high-rise installer Sofron
* 1962 - 713th requests landing (Lenfilm, director G. Nikulin) - American sailor
* 1962 - Shore leave (“Mosfilm”, director F. Mironer) - Peter, friend of Valezhnikov
* 1963 - Penalty Kick (M. Gorky Film Studio, director V. Dorman) - gymnast Yuri Nikulin
* 1963 - The Living and the Dead (Mosfilm, director A. Stolper) - cheerful soldier
* 1965 - On Tomorrow Street (“Mosfilm”, director F. Filippov) - foreman Pyotr Markin
* 1965 - Our House (“Mosfilm”, director V. Pronin) - radio technician
* 1965 - Cook (Mosfilm, director E. Keosayan) - Andrey Pchelka
* 1966 - I come from childhood (Belarusfilm, director V. Turov) - tank captain Volodya
* 1966 - Sasha-Sasha (Belarusfilm, director V. Chetverikov) - actor
* 1967 - Vertical (Odessa Film Studio, directors S. Govorukhin and B. Durov) - Volodya
* 1967 - Short meetings (Odessa Film Studio, director K. Muratova) - geologist Maxim
* 1967 - War under the roofs (Belarusfilm, director V. Turov) - policeman
* 1968 - Intervention (Lenfilm, director G. Polok) - Brodsky/Voronov
* 1968 - Two comrades served (Mosfilm, director E. Karelov) - Brusentsov
* 1968 - Master of the Taiga (Mosfilm, director V. Nazarov) - rafters foreman Ryaboy
* 1969 - Dangerous Tour (Odessa Film Studio, director G. Yungvald-Khilkevich) - Bengalsky (Nikolai Kovalenko)
* 1969 - White Explosion (Odessa Film Studio, director S. Govorukhin) - captain
* 1972 - Fourth (“Mosfilm”, director A. Stolper) - He
* 1973 - Bad Good Man (Lenfilm, director I. Heifitz) - von Koren
* 1974 - The only road (“Mosfilm” and “Filmski Studio Titograd” (Yugoslavia), director V. Pavlovich) - Solodov
* 1975 - The only one (“Lenfilm”, director I. Kheifits) - Boris Ilyich
* 1975 - The Escape of Mr. McKinley (Mosfilm, directed by M. Schweitzer) - singer Bill Seeger
* 1976 - The tale of how Tsar Peter married the Arab (Mosfilm, director A. Mitta) - Ibrahim Hannibal
* 1977 - The two of them (“Mafilm” (Hungary), director M. Meszarosh)
* 1979 - The meeting place cannot be changed (Odessa Film Studio, director S. Govorukhin) - Captain Gleb Georgievich Zheglov
* 1980 - Little tragedies (Mosfilm, director M. Schweitzer) - Don Guan
Mark Tsybulsky.
Films about Vysotsky
* I have something to sing I, II, III. (Moroz Records)
* I don’t love (dir. Pyotr Soldatenkov)
* Death of a Poet (dir. Vitaly Mansky)
"IV. Documentaries and original television programs dedicated to the life and work of Vladimir Vysotsky" (on this moment there are 80 of them) - http://v-vysotsky.narod.ru/FILMOGRAFIJA_VV/4r.html (See: Mark Tsybulsky. “Vladimir Vysotsky in cinema. Filmography” - http://v-vysotsky.narod.ru/filmografija_vv .html The filmography was published in M. Tsybulsky's book "Vysotsky's Catalogs", Novosibirsk, 2007, Publishing House "Vertical"; updated versions of this catalog have been published since 2002 on the website "Vladimir VYSOTSKY. Catalogs and Articles" - http:// v-vysotsky.narod.ru/) 78.60.74.109 20:06, December 23, 2007 (UTC)
Songs for films
Vysotsky's songs were heard in the film "Vertical". The songs for the film "Robin Hood's Arrows" were removed from the film during the author's lifetime. They were first heard in cinema after Vysotsky’s death, in 1983, when some of them were included in the film “The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe”, and in 1997 in the restored version of the film “Robin Hood’s Arrows”. In addition, Vysotsky performed his songs in the films “Vertical”, “I Come From Childhood”, “War Under the Roofs”, “Brief Encounters”, “Intervention”, “Master of the Taiga”, “Dangerous Tours”, “The Only Road”, "The One," "Mr. McKinley's Escape." A number of songs were written for screen tests for films in which Vysotsky did not star - “Sannikov’s Land”, “Viktor Krokhin’s Second Attempt”.
In his interviews, Vladimir Vysotsky said that his songs were reluctantly taken into films, and most of the songs for the film “The Escape of Mr. McKinley” were completely thrown out and cut down, so Vladimir Semyonovich considered this film a failure.
Vysotsky also wrote songs for the fairy tale film “Ivan da Marya” and the audio play “Alice in Wonderland,” which was released on a gramophone record.
List of roles of Vladimir Vysotsky in the Taganka Theater
o Second God, Husband, Young Sun - “The Good Man from Szechwan” by B. Brecht, directed by Y. Lyubimov
o Dragoon captain, Bela’s father - “Hero of Our Time” by M. Lermontov, director Yu. Lyubimov
o Poetic performance of “Antiworld” according to A. Voznesensky, directors Y. Lyubimov, P. Fomenko
o Kerensky, artist, anarchist, revolutionary soldier, sentry and others. - “Ten Days That Shook the World” by J. Reed, directed by Yu. Lyubimov.
o Kulchitsky, Hitler, Chaplin, Semyon Gudzenko - Poetic performance based on the works of front-line poets “Fallen and Living”, directors Y. Lyubimov, P. Fomenko
* 1966 Galileo - “The Life of Galileo” by B. Brecht, directed by Y. Lyubimov.
o Mayakovsky - Poetic performance “Listen!” according to Vl. Mayakovsky, director Yu. Lyubimov.
o Khlopusha - “Pugachev” after S. Yesenin, directors Y. Lyubimov, V. Raevsky.
* 1969 Vlasov - father - “Mother” according to M. Gorky
* 1970 Poetic performance “Take care of your faces!” based on A. Voznesensky, directors Y. Lyubimov, B. Glagolin. The performance was performed only a few times and was not shown to a wide audience.
* 1971 Hamlet - “Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare, director Yu. Lyubimov.
* 1975 Soldier - “Fasten your seat belts!” based on G. Baklanov, director Yu. Lyubimov
* 1976 Lopakhin - “The Cherry Orchard” by A. Chekhov, director A. Efros
* 1978 Concert performance “In Search of a Genre”
* 1979 Svidrigailov - “Crime and Punishment” according to F. Dostoevsky, directors Y. Lyubimov, Y. Pogrebnichko
Books about Vladimir Vysotsky
* Krylov A. (compiler). Four quarters of the way. - M.: Physical culture and sport, 1988. - P. 286. ISBN 5-278-00081-3
* Demidova A.S. Vladimir Vysotsky, as I know and love. - M.: Union of Theater Workers of the RSFSR, 1989. - P. 176.
* Carriers V.K. Living Life. Touches to the biography of Vladimir Vysotsky. - M.: Moscow worker, 1988. - P. 288. ISBN 5-88197-002-0
* Nikulin S. (compiler) Vysotsky on Taganka. - M.: Soyuztheater, 1988. - P. 96.
* Georgiev L. Vladimir Vysotsky. Familiar and unfamiliar.. - M.: Art, 1989. - P. 142. ISBN 5-210-00151-2
* Abramova L.V., Perevozchikov V.K. Facts of his biography. Lyudmila Abramova about Vladimir Vysotsky. - Young Russia, 1991. - P. 112. ISBN 5-86646-003-3
* Perevozchikov V.K. Living Life. Touches to the biography of Vladimir Vysotsky. Book three. - M.: Petit, 1992. - P. 240. ISBN 5-87512-012-6
* Olbrykhsky D. Remembering Vladimir Vysotsky. - M.: Vakhazar, 1992. - P. 91. ISBN 5-88190-004-9
* Epstein A.S. Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky: What? Where? When?; Bibliographic reference book. (1960-1990). - Kharkov: “Studio L” together with the Kharkov Center “Progress”, 1992. - P. 400. ISBN 5-87258-006-1
* Kanchukov E. Approaching Vysotsky. - M.: Culture, 1997. - P. 366. ISBN 5-8334-0066-X
* Osipova L. Route No. B. Around Moscow of Vladimir Vysotsky and his literary heroes. - M.: Moscow, 1997. - P. 80.
* Zubrilina S.N. Vladimir Vysotsky: biography pages. - Rostov-on-Don: Phoenix, 1998. - P. 352. ISBN 5-222-00350-7
* Soldatenkov P. Ya. Vladimir Vysotsky. - Smolensk: Rusich, 1999. - P. 480. ISBN 5-7390-0594-9 (Olympus), ISBN 5-88590-938-5
* Utevsky A.B. On Bolshoi Karetny. - M.: Polygraphresources, 1999. - P. 161. ISBN 5-87548-091-2
* Petrakov A., Terentyev O. Theatrical novel by Vladimir Vysotsky. - M.: Moscow, 2000. - P. 276.
* Perevozchikov V.K. Vladimir Vysotsky: The truth of the hour of death; Posthumous Fate. - M.: Politburo, 2000. - P. 208. ISBN 5-89756-035-8
* Terentyev O. L. (literary recording) VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY: Monologues from the stage. - M., Kharkov: AST, Folio, 2000. - P. 431. ISBN 5-89756-035-8
* Ryazanov K.P. Vysotsky in Troitsk. Around the “unknown” performance. - Troitsk: Vagant Studio - Baytik Foundation, 2002. - P. 342. ISBN 5-88673-013-3
* Ryazanov E. A. Four evenings with Vladimir Vysotsky. - M.: Vagrius, 2004. - P. 304. ISBN 5-475-00020-4
* Tsybulsky M. Life and Travels of V. Vysotsky. - Rostov-on-Don: Phoenix, 2004. - P. 640. ISBN 5-222-04826-8
* Karapetyan D. Vladimir Vysotsky. Between word and glory. Memories. - M.: Zakharov, 2005. - P. 304. ISBN 5-8159-0245-4
* Carriers V.K. Unknown Vysotsky. - M.: Vagrius, 2005. - P. 304. ISBN 5-9697-0014-2
* Vysotskaya I. A. My brother Vysotsky. At the origins. - M.: Rizalt, 2005. - P. 151. ISBN 5-88972-005-8
* Makarova, B. A. Literature. Vysotsky at school: Materials for lessons and extracurricular activities: grades 5-11. - M.: NC ENAS, 2005. - P. 126. ISBN 5-93196-319-7
* Vladi M. Vladimir, or Interrupted Flight. - M.: AST, 2005. - P. 288. ISBN 5-17-023892-4
* Novikov V.I. Vysotsky. - M.: Young Guard, 2005. - P. 416. ISBN 5-235-02922-4
* Vysotskaya I. Short happiness for life. - M.: Young Guard, 2005. - P. 182. ISBN 5-235-02855-4
* Khanchin V. When I sing and play... - Samara: Credo, 2005. - P. 144. ISBN 5-8661-035-0
* Carriers V. K Well hello, it's me!. - M.: Vagrius, 2006. - P. 304. ISBN 5-9697-0221-8
* Korman Ya.I Vladimir Vysotsky: the key to the subtext. - Rostov-on-Don: Phoenix, 2006. - P. 381. ISBN 5-222-08088-9
Literary publications
* Vladimir Vysotsky, Songs and Poems, NY: Literary Abroad, 1981
* Vysotsky V. Nerv. M.: Sovremennik, 1981.
Bibliography
* Novikov V. Vysotsky. M.: MG., 2002.
* Vladi M. Vladimir, or Interrupted Flight. M.: Progress, 1989.
* The World of Vysotsky: Research and materials. Almanac. - M.: GKCM V. S. Vysotsky, 1997. - Issue. 1.
* The World of Vysotsky: Research and materials. Almanac. - M.: GKCM V. S. Vysotsky, 1998. - Issue. 2.
* The World of Vysotsky: Research and materials. Almanac. - M.: GKCM V. S. Vysotsky, 1999. - Issue. 3 (two volumes).
* The World of Vysotsky: Research and materials. Almanac. - M.: GKCM V. S. Vysotsky, 2000. - Issue. 4 (two volumes).
Monuments to V. Vysotsky
* bronze monument to Vladimir Vysotsky on Strastnoy Boulevard in Moscow
* monument to Vladimir Vysotsky in the Bulgarian city of Varshets
* monument to Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vladi in Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg also has Vladimir Vysotsky Street - the only one renamed through a referendum in 1991)
* monument in Podgorica - the capital of Montenegro
* monument in Novosibirsk near the Globus Theater (former Youth Theater)
* monument in Kaliningrad in Central Park
Very detailed and accurate information about the monuments, memorial plaques, streets, ships, geographical objects collected in the article by Mark Tsybulsky "In Memory of Vysotsky" - http://v-vysotsky.narod.ru/statji/2002/Pamiati_Vysotskogo/text.html 78.60.74.109 20:20, December 23, 2007 (UTC)
Sources
1. “Alyosha Dimitrievich - Russian Gypsy chanson performer” (English) (Russian) on the website barynya.com
2. http://www.svobodanews.ru/Transcript/2007/09/30/20070930012736330.html interview with Y.P. Lyubimov on Radio Liberty
3. Vysotsky on Taganka / Laskina N. B. (editor). - M.: Soyuztheater, 1988. - p. 95. Also see in the References section “B. Vysotsky on the website of the Taganka Theater."