The Living Vysotsky

Over the years so much has been said about Vladimir Vysotsky that behind the pile of memories of people who knew him the living Vysotsky gradually disappears They say that Vladimir Vysotsky lived the way he wrote and sang his songs You can create a legend about him as much as you like make a monument out of him but there is an absolutely real Vysotsky whom each of us can recognize and understand This Vysotsky has been preserved forever in fragments of newsreels in the lyrics of his songs in his voice And thats where hes real