Viktor Tsoi

Known for ActingBorn 1962-06-21Died 1990-08-15Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

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)Read more

Movies & web series

When Idols Were Gone

Last Hero

Assa

The Needle

Rock

The Needle Remix

The End of a Vacation

Yahha

Star Factory

Tsoi

Dialogues

Sex & Perestroika

Rock Beyond

You Just Want to Know

Sunny Days

Viktor Tsoi - Concert in Donetsk

Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex

Rock around the Kremlin

THE LAST HERO