Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. In a Faraway Kingdom.

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Commentary to the song “The Gutsy Fellow”.

The hero of this song symbolizes the United States, whose exceptionalism was clearly elucidated by Walt Garlington in the article “Americanism Will Al­ways Be at War with Traditional Peoples” (2024).

The song was written for the film “Armed and Very Dangerous” (1977).

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

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