gli altri eroi gloriosi non si sa bene chi siano, e purtroppo non si può chiedere a Gaber a chi si riferiva. Io son convinto che stanno lì per far rima con orgogliosi.

Here's another audio link to the song performed by Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962 - 2017), the baritone with a divine voice and one of the greatest interpreters of beloved Russian songs.

Just two months after this recording, Hvorostovsky announced that he had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. He died on 22 November 2017 after a two-and-a-half-year battle with the disease. May he rest in peace.