Yuri Vizbor
Yuri Iosifovich Vizbor Юрий Иосифович Визбор | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 20 June 1934 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Russia) |
| Died | 17 September 1984 (aged 50) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Russia) |
| Occupation(s) | Bard, poet, actor |
Yuri Iosifovich Vizbor (June 20, 1934 – September 17, 1984) was a Soviet bard and poet as well as a theatre and film actor.
Vizbor was born in Moscow where he lived for most of his life. He 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. He participated in and documented expeditions to remote areas of the Soviet Union. His compositions included songs, poetic prose, plays, screenplays and short stories.