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this might be interesting for the rusblr community author song is a soviet cultural phenomenon, starting with Okudzhava and Vysotsky in the 60s and continuing up to the day. typically accompanied on guitar with a limited nuber of simple chords (that’s how people in ussr and sometimes today started learning to play the guitar, though now it’s more common to start with Tsoi).  i was basically raised with these songs. back when i still lived in Petersburg, i used to go to every Gorodnitsky’s concert, and i know a few dozens of his songs by heart. he’s jewish, he’s a geologist (and believes in Atlantis, science-baked!!), he’s from Leningrad and in a nutshell, he’s fabulous.  quite a few of his songs are inspiring my writing: 1, 2 and others that don’t spring to my mind immediately.  the point is, he’s fabulous для чего тебе город, который увидел впервые, если мимо него в океане проходит твой путь? как назад и вперед ни крутите часы судовые, уходящей минуты обратно уже не вернуть this is like a personal reference, lines stuck in my head, and i know what particular city is meant here.  для чего тебе дом, где кораллы пылятся на полках, если ты все равно не сумеешь вернуться туда?