About the book: 2014 / Ballads are historical or mythical stories presented in poetic form. They gained particular popularity in the Middle Ages. The most famous poets, including our compatriots, turned to this form of poetry: Eduard Bagritsky, Evgeny Yevtushenko, Andrei Voznesensky, Leonid Martynov, Vladimir Vysotsky and many, many others. The talented author Alexander Vlasov could not resist the temptation to plunge his reader into the romantic world of ballads..