ABSTRACT
Vladimir Vysotskij gave words to the experience of millions of Russians. He grew up close to one of the central railway stations in Moscow, Rizjskij Vokzal. Among the poor in the inner cities of USA, the situation must be the same. In both nations, this is the breeding ground for another culture. For Vysotskij and his less famous equals in Russia. Vysotskij’s songs have the melancholy of Russia. When the great Russian singer – and poet, and human being –Vysotskij once visited a town containing one of the large car factories in his country, he had to walk down the long street from the railway station to his night quarters. In some areas, prisons are monopoly producers, particularly in agricultural machinery. The colonies had a central role in the Russian economy. Ironically, the situation for those waiting for trial is worst for Russian prisoners.
