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The author considers a mathematical model describing the vortex motion of an ideal two-layered fluid in a narrow rectangular channel. The motion of the fluid is described in the mixed Euler-Lagrange coordinate system by a system of quasilinear integrodifferential equations. The notion of a hyperbolic system of equations is generalized to a system with operator coefficients. A characteristic equation is derived and analyzed. The author finds necessary conditions which provide hyperbolicity of the equations of motion with monotonic (in depth) velocity profile. In addition, he considers the case of a strong jump in density (a heavy fluid in the lower layer and a quite light in the upper layer). In this case, the equations of motion can be simplified without loss of their physical meaning. For these transformed equations, the author establishes necessary and sufficient conditions for hyperbolicity. The title of the English version of the article is incorrect. The correct title should be ``Long waves in a two-layered vortex liquid under a lid''.