Alexander Alexandrovich Dolsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович До́льский) born on July 7, 1938 in Sverdlovsk) is a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, artist, and most famously known for being a bard.
Dolsky graduated from the Ural Polytechnical Institute in 1963 and in the same year he also graduated from Music school, majoring in guitar. He has lived inSaint Petersburg since 1975 where he has worked in the City Building Institute, and as an actor in the Leningrad Miniature Theater (since 1979). Dolsky started to write songs when he was in high school (1949). He wrote music and poetry for several movies. He has also acted in a few movies. Dolsky wrote music to the poetry of French, English, American, and Russian poets.