Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. Serving the Elements.

Commentary to the song “Man Overboard”.

Anatoly Garagulya was a friend of Vladimir Vysotsky, the captain of the ship “Georgia”, on which he made a honeymoon trip with Marina Vladi.

The song was performed by Igor Kvasha in the play of the Sovremennik Theater “One’s Own Island” (1971).

The presented text is adapted from George Tokarev’s translation.

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