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Originally Posted by jadis
Yeah what I meant to say is that Vysotsky was an icon and inspiration to the dissidents, a very central presence in dissident culture.
It's also true that Brodsky didn't think of himself as a dissident, but as a spiritually free man in an unfree society.
Btw one could even say that the dissident movement, or at least parts of it, were not what we normally understand by a "political" movement: they sought freedom from the constant intrusion of politics into their lives under the Soviet regime. So their attitude to the whole idea of politics was different than what we take for granted today.
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Yes, you are right.
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Originally Posted by jadis
Btw not many know there's a homemade recording of Vysotsky in my hometown!
Moreover, one of my favorite Vysotsky stories is set in Montreal:
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Thank you, I didn't know this story
