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Jun 21, 1962 Saint Petersburg Died on 15 Aug 1990 (aged 28)
Soviet rock musician
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About Viktor Tsoi
- Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: ??´???? ??´???????? ???; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music. Born and raised in Leningrad, Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager.
- Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums.
- After Kino appeared and performed in the 1987 Soviet film Assa, the band's popularity sparked, triggering a period referred to as "Kinomania", and leading to Tsoi's leading role in the 1988 Kazakh new wave art film The Needle.
- In 1990, after their high-profile concert at the Luzhniki Stadium, Tsoi briefly relocated to Latvia with bandmate Yuri Kasparyan to work on the band's next album.
- Two months after the concert, Tsoi died in a car collision.He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and is credited with popularizing the genre throughout the Soviet Union.
- He retains a devoted following in many ex-Soviet countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Lithuania, where he is known as one of the most influential and popular people in the history of Russian music.
