1. Yuri Iosifovich Vizbor was a Soviet bard and poet as well as a theatre and film actor.
10 Facts About Yuri Vizbor
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Yuri Vizbor worked as a teacher, a soldier, a sailor, a radio and press correspondent, a ski instructor, and an actor in many Russian films and plays.
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Yuri Vizbor participated in and documented expeditions to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
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Yuri Vizbor's compositions included songs, poetic prose, plays, screenplays and short stories.
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Yuri Vizbor is often compared with his contemporaries, Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava.
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The topics of Yuri Vizbor's songs were observational, focusing on his love of nature and of travel.
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Yuri Vizbor's trademark was a relaxed singing style that often sounded on the verge of laughter.
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Yuri Vizbor recorded songs with a traditional Russian seven-string guitar that was often slightly out of tune.
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In March 1984, Yuri Vizbor wrote his last song, having written over 250 of them during the past thirty-three years.
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Yuri Vizbor's poetry had been set to music by numerous musicians.