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Viktor Tsoi

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Viktor Tsoi

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Also known as Victor Tsoy, Viktor Robertovich Tsoj, Viktor Robertovich Tsoi

Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)

OverviewAI-generated

Viktor Tsoi was a male singer, guitarist, actor, and poet of Koryo-saram ethnicity. Born in Saint Petersburg in 1962, he was a member of the band Kino. His musical output spanned genres including rock music, new wave, post-punk, and punk rock. He possessed a baritone voice and began his work period in 1978.

His notable works include the album *The Star Called Sun*, as well as *Zvezda po imeni Tsoi*, *Posledniĭ geroĭ*, *My zhdëm peremen*, and *Pesni*. Tsoi was married to Marianna Tsoi, and they had one child. He died in 1990 in the Tukums District from an accidental traffic collision.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1962
Died
1990
Works
9

Top works

  • Zvezda po imeni Tsoi
  • Posledniĭ geroĭ
  • My zhdëm peremen
  • Pesni
  • Viktor T︠S︡oĭ

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Film & TV

Leningrad, 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…

Known for

  • Rock Beyond — self (archive)2021
  • Tsoi — (archive footage)2020
  • The Needle Remix — Moro (archive footage)2010
  • You Just Want to Know — Self2006
  • When Idols Were Gone — Himself / archive footage2005
  • Star Factory — Self (Archive Footage)2002
  • Sunny Days — Himself1996
  • Last Hero — himself1992
  • Viktor Tsoi - Concert in Donetsk — Self1990
  • Sex & Perestroika — Self1990

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16,244
Total plays
163,875

Tags

RussiarussianussrSovietkoryosaram

Viktor Tsoi (21 June, 1962 - 15 August 1990) was born in Leningrad in the Russian FSR. In 1981, he and Aleksei Rybin founded the rock band Kino. Before their breakthrough album, the group received many different members, with only Yuri Kasparyan (lead guitarist) and Georgy Guryanov (drummer) staying until the band's demise after Tsoi's death.They received a taste of success during their album, Ночь (Night). That necessarily wasn't the case with Tsoi and his band <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Viktor
Family name
Tsoi
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg
Place of death
Tukums District
Spouse
Marianna Tsoi
Languages spoken
Russian
Notable work
The Star Called Sun
Genre
indie rock
Instrument
bass guitar
Record label
Melodiya
Image
Виктор Цой.jpg
Number of children
1
Voice type
baritone
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start of work period
1978-00-00
topic's main category
Category:Viktor Tsoi
end of work period
1990-00-00
ethnic group
Koryo-saram
member of
Kino
name in native language
Виктор Робертович Цой
Commons category
Viktor Tsoi
cause of death
traffic collision
date of birth
1962-06-21
date of death
1990-08-15
manner of death
accidental death
Commons gallery
Viktor Tsoi
place of burial
Bogoslovskoe cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Виктор Робертович Цой, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər ˈrobʲɪrtəvʲɪtɕ ˈtsoj]; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet singer-songwriter and actor who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and influential bands in the history of Russian music.

Born and raised in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) to a Russian mother and Koryo-saram father, 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 surged, 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 a high-profile concert at Moscow’s 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 traffic collision.

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