Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. The Criminal Code.
Commentary to the song “The Card-Sharpers”.
This song narrates about our “guests” in the East — the United States and “Israel”, and the words of the refrain “the four suits” mean the four major religions.
A part of the song was used in the film “The War under the Rooftops” (1967).
The presented text is adapted from Vyacheslav Chistyakov’s translation.