First name, patronymic, family name:
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Vladimir Semyonovich Vyssotski.
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Favourite Author:
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M. Bulgakov.
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Favourite Theatre and plays:
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The Taganka, Alive.
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Favourite film and director:
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"City Lights", Chaplin.
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Favourite artist and painting:
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Kouindji, "Light of the Moon".
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Countries you like:
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Russia, Poland, France.
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Female heroine:
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A secret.
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Most remarkable historical figure:
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Lenin, Garibaldi.
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Most disgusting historical figure:
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Hitler and his henchmen.
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Most striking character in present-day world:
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I know of none.
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What in your opinion is friendship? :
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When one can tell someone everything about oneself, even what is most disgusting.
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Your friend's character traits:
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Tolerance, wisdom, discretion.
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Favourite character traits in a man:
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Passion, the capacity to react (but only for good causes).
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Character traits you most dislike in a man:
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Foolishness, simplemindedness, baseness.
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What is it you most lack? :
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Time.
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What adjective suites you best? :
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Many-sided.
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Why do you like life?
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Which one?
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What are your favourite flowers, smells, sounds? :
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White, the carnation, the smell of sun-bleached hair, the sound of a bell.
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What would you like to obtain from life? :
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That I should be remembered, that I should be allowed to go wherever I wish.
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What would you give a dear friend if you were all-powerful? :
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Another life.
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What event would fill you with the greatest happiness? :
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The premiere of "Hamlet".
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And what would be the most tragic event?
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The loss of my voice.
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When did you last experience a great joy?
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When I was happy.
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What was your most recent cause of annoyance?
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Everything.
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What is your favourite maxim or adage? :
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"We'll muddle through." V. Vyssotski.
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If you had one million rubles, what would be the first thing you did with them?
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I would organize a banquet.
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What is your favourite spot in your favourite city? :
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Samoteka, in Moscow.
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Your dream? :
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A better life.
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Are you happy?
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Sometimes, yes.
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Why?
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That's the way it is.
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Do you want to be a great man and why?
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I want to be one and I will be one.
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28 June 1970:
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