“How did he manage to contain and live so many lives, and what kind!.. <…> But one thing seems obvious: without the gift of love for his country, for his people, Vysotsky is generally inexplicable (just as none of the phenomena of the present is inexplicable without this gift art),” wrote Yu. Karyakin in his very first posthumous article. For almost forty years now, Vysotsky has not been with us, but his songs live on, stirring the souls of listeners primarily with their authenticity. But his songs are not immediately fully revealed; you have to think and work on them. The book includes the best poems and songs of the poet.