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.
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Anna Marie Fritz 01 Feb 2010
A most excellent oil painting!!!Olga van Dijk 01 Feb 2010
WONDERFUL WORK....ruth sears 31 Jan 2010
this is so wonderful wanted to make pic of day but you are already on there.