Unique photos of Vladimir Vysotsky

Here is a unique selection of photos of Vladimir Vysotsky. Unfortunately, not so many color and high-quality photos of Vysotsky have been preserved. However, this corresponds to the spirit of the times, so it's even more interesting to watch in black and white.

All photos of Vysotsky are taken from open sources, but the value of this collection lies in the fact that its authors have tried to collect the rarest and most unique photos of the beloved Russian bard.

Of course, by carefully viewing these pictures, you will be able to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the past century and remember (or imagine) how we lived in the 60s and 70s of the Soviet era.

Photos of Vysotsky as a child

Vysotsky is six months old, 1938.

As a child, Vladimir Semenovich was an unremarkable boy who loved to play and have fun with friends. Looking at these post-war photos, it's hard to believe that a poet has grown up from a simple Soviet boy, who is now known all over the world.

In the courtyard of house No. 126 on 1st Meshchanskaya in Moscow, 1940

Nina Maximovna Vysotskaya with her son Volodya, 1940

In kindergarten

With a friend Volodya Sevryukov

With stepmother Evgenia Stepanovna Likhalatova ("mama Zhenya")

With her and her father

In the sanatorium, 1948

Photo of young Vysotsky with Igor Zernov

With my father and stepmother

Unique photo of 12-year-old Vysotsky

With the director of the sanatorium

With my grandfather, Wolf Shliomovich Vysotsky

1950s

Photo of Vysotsky at the age of 16

With a school friend Vladimir Akimov

10th grade

On the Big Carriage

School friends

One of the rare portraits

Photos of Vysotsky's wives

Vladimir Vysotsky was officially married three times. We offer you a photo of each of his wives. The last one, Marina Vladi, you probably already know, but the first two are much less known.

Isolda Zhukova

They lived together for less than a year

Lyudmila Abramova

They lived in an official marriage for 8 years

Lyudmila Abramova gave birth to Vysotsky two sons: Arkady and Nikita

Marina Vladi

Photo by Vladimir Vysotsky

Here you can see photos of Vysotsky from different years. They are all made at different times, in different cities, and countries, and under different circumstances.

Vysotsky himself liked this photo very much

And this is one of the most popular photos of Vladimir Vysotsky

With Andrey Voznesensky, 1967

With Marina Vladi and Vsevolod Abdulov, 1973

With Joseph Brodsky

It is worth saying that Brodsky called Vysotsky "... the best poet of Russia, both inside and outside," and after his death said that "... the loss of Vysotsky is a loss for the Russian language completely irreplaceable." This statement is simply impossible to dispute.

Milos Forman and Vladimir Semyonovich in the USA, 1976

With Nina Shatskaya

A year before his death

With Marina's son Vladi Volodya next to one of his cars — BMW 2500

With Stanislav Govorukhin, Marina Vladi and Vsevolod Abdulov

With Alyosha Dimitrievich in Paris, 1976

Several photos of Vysotsky on vacation in 1976

Photo shoot for the Propaganda Bureau of Soviet Cinema. Leningrad, Lenfilm Film Studio, 1968photo of Vysotsky's funeral

Something unheard of was happening at Vysotsky's funeral. Tens of thousands of people went to the Theater on Taganka, in order to spend the last journey of the national favorite, who died so early in another world.

According to official data of the Moscow Police Department, 108 thousand people attended Vysotsky's funeral. At the same time, there was no crush or fuss. People walked calmly, tragically quiet and respectfully silent.

Next to Vysotsky V. Yanklovich, V. Tumanov, V. Abdulov and I. Godyaev (paramedic)

Yuri Lyubimov started a speech twice, the first time he could not cope with emotions