MOSCOW, TAGANKA / ART-STUDIO 1978-1979 oil on cardboard, 13.0 X 9.5 in. (33.0 X 24.0 cm) At this place from 1804 to 1958 was located famous Taganka prison. Feodor Chaliapin sang there for the prisoners in January 1906. Till our time the criminal song "Taganka" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vald/Taganka_(song) ) - remain one of the most popular in the convicts` repertoire. Vladimir Vysotsky, poet and actor of nonconformist theater "Taganka", played this song too.