David Karapetyan. Vladimir Vysotsky. Memories

"...It's no secret that many memoirists, trying to emphasize their closeness to the giant, condescendingly, and sometimes familiarly, "pat" him (the deceased) on the shoulder: supposedly, I scolded him, and he... In our case, Vysotsky's biographers were incredibly lucky that these two people met when Karapetyan was already in love with Vysotsky's songs and sensed the scale and significance of his talent. ...We have memoirs about the friendship of Vladimir Vysotsky and David Karapetyan, unique in their veracity and volume of information, based on spiritual affinity and a love of literature." A.E. Krylov, Deputy Director of the V.S. Vysotsky State Central Museum.