Viktor Tsoi
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Viktor Tsoi in 1986, photo by Igor Mukhin
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Viktor Robertovich Tsoi |
| Born |
21 June 1962 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Died | 15 August 1990 (aged 28) Tukums, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Post-punk, new wave |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboards |
| Years active | 1978–1990 |
| Labels | AnTrop, Melodiya |
| Associated acts | Kino |
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Ви́ктор Ро́бертович Цой; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet musician, singer and songwriter of Korean-Russian origin, leader of the post-punk band Kino.
He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and has many devoted fans across the countries of the former Soviet Union even today. Few musicians in the history of Russian music have been more popular or have had more impact on their genre than Viktor Tsoi and his rock band Kino. Aside from that, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident on August 15, 1990, aged 28.
Tsoi was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He was the only child of Valentina Vasilyevna Tsoi (née Guseva) (8 January 1939 in Leningrad, Soviet Union – 28 November 2009 in Pushkin, Russia), a Russian schoolteacher, and Robert Maximovich Tsoi (born 5 May 1937 in Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union; today's Kazakhstan), a Soviet Korean engineer. Tsoi's Korean ancestry can be traced back to Songjin, Hamgyong, Korea (today's Kimchaek, North Korea), where his great-grandfather Choi Yong-nam was born.
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