In 1986 the official Vysotsky poetic heritage committee was formed (with Robert Rozhdestvensky at the helm, theater critic [[d:Q4242903|Natalya Krymova]] being both the instigator and the organizer).
On 25 July 1995, in Moscow the Vladimir Vysotsky monument was officially opened at [[Strastnoy Boulevard]], by the Petrovsky Gates.