Vladimir Vysotsky has long become a legend. Actor, poet, idol... For the first time, this book contains under one cover the memories of those with whom he was friends, whom he loved, with whom he appeared on stage. Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov and fellow actors: Alla Demidova, Valery Zolotukhin, Veniamin Smekhov, classmate Igor Kokhanovsky and classmates at the Moscow Art Theater School, film directors Alexander Mitta, Gennady Poloka, Eldar Ryazanov, Stanislav Govorukhin, close friend Mikhail Shemyakin, son Nikita... Forty people remember - each their own - Vysotsky, try to restore his image and finally understand. Or maybe everything was completely wrong?