The monument to Vysotsky VS, Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, Russia
Vladimir Vysotsky – “the most famous Russian bard”, “the greatest Russian bard of the second half of the 20-th century”, “voice for the heart of a nation” – who is he? Why do people come to Vysotsky’s grave every year on July 25th, the anniversary of his death?
Admired by all circles of Soviet society, a voice of dissent, but not a dissident, accepted by the Soviet government as an actor, but never as a poet and singer, Vysotsky held no office, no titles. “He was simply a son of his country, he was very Russian. He did play a very political role, because in his songs he came out against evil force, against the ugly system under which he was born” (Mikhail Chemiakin, emigre artist, Vysotsky’s close friend).
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