Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Vysotsky, famous Russian poet, singer and actor. His memorial day starts with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vagankovo Cemetery and continues in the ‘Vysotsky Museum’ on Taganka Street. A new exhibition of rare family photographs of Vysotsky is due to open there today, his son Nikita Vysotsky told ITAR-TASS. A theatrical performance and literary soiree ‘Poet Vladimir Vysotsky’ are also planned for today.
State TV-channels, such as NTV and Russia K, have also prepared special programs about Vysotsky’s life and creative work.
Commemorative public activities are planned not only at the ‘Vysotsky Museum’ on Taganka, but also in Sokolniki Park, where a concert of contemporary Russian singer-poets will be held, RIA-Novosti reports. The director of the museum noted that it was a pity no other activities are being carried out. The museum itself is not only organising the new Vysotsky photo exhibition, but also a demonstration of video and photographic materials of the funeral ceremony that took place 30 years ago.
The director also said that Lenkom Theatre actors and philologists will take part in the literary evening.
A sailing regatta in honor of Vladimir Vysotsky starts today in five cities – Saint-Petersburg, Vladivostok, Tolyatti, Samara and Sochi.
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky was born on the 25th of January 1938 in Moscow. He was an iconic Soviet and Russian singer, songwriter, poet, and actor whose career had an immense and enduring effect on Russian culture. Although best known as a singer-songwriter, he was also a prominent stage and screen actor. The multifaceted talent of Vladimir Vysotsky is often described by the word "bard", a term that carried a special meaning in the Soviet Union. Though his work was largely ignored by the official Soviet cultural establishment, he achieved remarkable fame during his lifetime, and to this day exerts significant influence on many of Russia's popular musicians and actors who wish to emulate his iconic status. Vysotsky’s first songs appeared in 1960-1961 and soon they became known to all Soviet people.
He died of heart failure in Moscow at the age of 42. Vysotsky's body was laid out at the Taganka Theatre, where the funeral service was held. He was later buried at the Vagankovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. He died during the Olympic games and thousands of Moscow citizens left the Olympic stadiums to attend the funeral. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of his coffin.
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