This book for the first time gathers under one cover the best poetry and prose by Vladimir Vysotsky (1938 - 1980); a memoir about him by his first wife Izolda; his letters to his second wife and mother of his sons Ludmila Abramova; interview with his third wife Marina Vladi; stories and memoirs of his friends about him ... Rare photos inside. This is an additional (to the First edition) 5000 copies; now extremely rare. In original Russian language.