A collection of vintage book editions by Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky. Collected Poems and Songs in three volumes, and Poems and Songs illustrated by Mikhail Shemyakin. All published in New York by Apollon Foundation in 1988. Vladimir Vysotsky was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. Vintage Russian Book Editions And Bibliophilic Collectibles.