Vysotsky, Vladimir Semyonovich
(1938–1980)
Vysotsky [Visótsky], Vladimir Semyonovich (1–25–1938, M.; 7–25–1980, of heart failure, same). Theater and movie actor, composer and performer of popular songs. Vysotsky was the son of a translator of German (mother) and a specialist in communications with a military career (father). He left engineering studies after one year to study acting at the M. Art Theater Studio-School, which he finished in 1960. He worked as an actor first at the Pushkin Theater in M. and then at the M. Theater of…