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    Viktor Tsoy

    1962-06-21 (62 years old) in 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 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)

    Movies

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    Rock Beyond
    0 %|Aug 28, 2021
    Documentary
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    Tsoi
    44 %|Nov 12, 2020
    Drama
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    The Needle Remix
    36 %|Sep 16, 2010
    Drama, Thriller
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    Просто хочешь ты знать
    0 %|Dec 14, 2006
    Documentary, Music
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    Sunny Days
    0 %|Sep 13, 1996
    Documentary
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    Last Hero
    75 %|Jan 1, 1992
    Documentary
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    Sex & Perestroika
    33 %|Oct 10, 1990
    Comedy
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    The Needle
    66 %|Sep 16, 1988
    Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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    Assa
    71.21000000000001 %|Nov 1, 1987
    Crime, Drama, Romance, Music
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    Rock
    58 %|Jan 19, 1988
    Documentary
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    Dialogues
    0 %|Nov 1, 1986
    Music, Documentary
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    The End of a Vacation
    0 %|Jun 1, 1986
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    Yahha
    48 %|Jan 2, 1986
    Drama, Documentary

    Series

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    Как уходили кумиры
    85 %|Aug 15, 2005
    Documentary