During his short life, Nikolai Rubtsov managed to publish only four books, but today it is no longer possible to imagine Russian poetry without his poems “Russia, Rus', save yourself, protect yourself” and “Old Road”, without the songs “It’s light in my upper room”, “I will ride the bike for a long time,” “Swim, swim...” Rubtsov’s lyrics are imbued with an ineradicable and painful tenderness for his native land, compassion and participation for all living things on it. Time reveals to us the true price of what Rubtsov created. In his poetry we find ever greater depths and insights, experiencing its irresistible charm...