ОТ ВЫСОЦКОГО ДО КРУГА. БЛАТНОЕ СЛОВО В ИЗМЕНЯВШЕЙСЯ КАРТИНЕ МИРА РУССКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА
FROM VYSOTSKY ТО KRUG: UNDERWORLD SLANG IN THE CHANGING RUSSIAN SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary Russian society took the biggest interest to its underworld and to its rules. So called “russky chanson” has gained a real popularity, as well as have songs about burglars and murderers. They find their origins in an underworld and lager (labor camp) folk, and also in emigre’s “restaurant” repertoire of the 70s and 80s. In terms of this popular trend, one can observe a specific new reception of the underworld heritage by V. Vysotsky (1938-1980), whom part of the public assimilated to “russky chanson” as its “father”. M. Krug (1962-2002) became a new classical and the most popular artist of the genre. By the analysis of Vysotsky’s and Krug’s poetry, one can find substantial differences in their understanding of the underworld materia.

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