Vladimir Vysotsky

Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (25 January 1938 to 25 July 1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet and actor, according to the Open Library author record. It says he became widely known for his unique singing style and for lyrics that carried social and political commentary in often humorous street jargon, and that the official Soviet cultural establishment largely ignored his work even though he was remarkably popular in his lifetime. The record lists sixty works and tags them with subjects such as Russian poets, the Soviet Union, biography and the twentieth century. He is placed with Russian and Slavic literature as a poet and singer-songwriter.