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Viktor Tsoy

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Ви́ктор Ро́бертович Цой; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet and Russian 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. (Wikipedia)


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Born:
Jun 21, 1962 In Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Movie/TV Credits:
16
First Appeared:
In the movie Rock around the Kremlin 1985-08-01
Latest Project:
Movie Rock Beyond 2021-08-28
Known For
Poster of Sunny Days
Poster of Last Hero
Poster of Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Poster of The End of a Vacation
Filmography
Movie Rock Beyond self (archive) 2021-08-28
Movie Tsoi (archive footage) 2020-11-12
Movie The Needle Remix Moro (archive footage) 2010-09-16
Movie Просто хочешь ты знать 2006-12-14
Series Как уходили кумиры Himself / archive footage 2005-08-15
Movie Sunny Days Himself 1996-09-13
Movie Last Hero himself 1992-01-01
Movie Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Himself / Vocals 1990-05-05
Movie Sex & Perestroika himself 1990-10-10
Movie The Needle Моro 1988-09-16
Movie Rock himself 1988-01-19
Movie Assa Музыкант 1987-11-01
Movie Yahha 1986-01-02
Movie Dialogues himself 1986-11-01
Movie The End of a Vacation 1986-06-01
Movie Rock around the Kremlin himself 1985-08-01