Viktor Tsoi

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet singer and songwriter. He co-founded Kino, one of the most popular bands in the Soviet Union at the time. 
 Life 
Tsoi was born and raised in Leningrad and started writing songs when he was a teenager.Viktor Tsoi's biography at the website lichnosti.net He made lots of music, ten albums in total. After Kino was in the 1987 Soviet film Assa, he became very popular. That led to Tsoi having a leading role in the Kazakh new wave art film The Needle. 

In 1990, after their large concert at the Luzhniki Stadium. Tsoi moved to Latvia with another member of Kino, Yuri Kasparyan to work on Kino's next album. Two months after the concert in the Luzhniki Stadium, Tsoi died in a car crash. Tsoi and his music are still widely popular.

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Other websites


 Viktor Tsoi's 50th Birthday Google Doodle

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