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Vysotsky Film and other News Items

Jan/Feb 2012

Author: Maria Antonova
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2012
Department: Note Book
Page: 1   ( 1) pages

Summary: Our pages of news in our Note Book and Travel Notes sections cover items as varied as a new film on Vysotsky, the Booker book of the decade, a film on the life of a jailed tycoon, Russian's internet usage, Ronald Reagan, the Bolshoy, museums and much more.


This article appeared in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.

YOU CAN READ THIS ARTICLE by ordering the back issue of Russian Life.

Weblinks related to this story:

  • Death of Vysotsky 14-minute documentary Begins with film from 1981, shot one year after his death, of those visiting his grave at Vagankovskoye. Nice archive footage of Moscow in 1980, reading for the Olympics.
  • Khodorkovsky movie The site for the movie on Khodorkovsky (in Russian)
  • Navalny blog Link to Alexei Navalny's popular blog (in Russian)
  • Short documentary Nice documentary (in Russian) about Vysotsky's life (narrated in Russian). Lots of great footage.