“Appendix I. Viktor Tsoi: interview diary”
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Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi 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.
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culture · Soviet musician and actor (1962–1990) · poet · actor · singer · guitarist · composer · songwriter · film actor · painter · singer-songwriter · lyricist · also Viktor Tsoi, Victor Tsoy, Viktor Robertovich Tsoj, Viktor Robertovich Tsoi, Tsoi
Born 21 June 1962 · Died 15 August 1990 · Q487125
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2026· 4 entries
“Tsoi's last interview. From an interview with Viktor Tsoi”
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Moviefone: Viktor Tsoi - Concert in Donetsk - Where to Watch
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Moviefone: Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex - Where to Watch
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2024· 1 entry
The song Группа Крови can also be heard in the film Kraven the Hunter during a scene at the Gym in the Russian Prison, were the Mobsters try to push Kraven
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2020· 1 entry
Yahoo: Viktor Tsoi Film Sparks Rights Dispute Ahead of Warsaw Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
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2019· 1 entry
During their concert in Moscow, Metallica played a cover of 'Grupa Krovi'
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2018· 1 entry
A monument to Tsoi was erected in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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2015· 3 entries
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Viktor Tsoi And The Russia That Never Was
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Musician, Songwriter, Cultural Force: Remembering Russia's Viktor Tsoi
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Tsoi's song "Kukushka" (Russian: «Кукушка», lit
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2012· 1 entry
On what would have been Tsoi's 50th birthday, the remaining members of Kino gathered to record the song "Ataman" (Russian: «Атаман»), with his vocals that were recovered from his car crash but never used because of its p
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2000· 1 entry
Some of the nation's top rock bands came together and released their interpretations of Kino's best songs as a tribute to Viktor Tsoi on what would have been his 38th birthday
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1990· 6 entries
Died 1990-08-15.
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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
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“Almost everything can be forgiven to those who are honest. Say, for example, if we [Kino] play our music in an unprofessional manner, or sing our songs in an unprofessional way – and we have made countless mistakes of this kind – our fans will overlook this, but, if we do not try our best to be honest our fans will never forgive us.”
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“Almost everyone can forgive us for honesty: and, say, not enough professional game, and even not enough professional verses. There are many examples of this. But when honesty disappears, they forgive nothing.”
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“I feel that now I can’t always reach an understanding with someone, especially with people of an older generation. I find it difficult in this situation, because they think differently. Naturally, people cannot think alike, but they must understand each other. That's why they are people.”
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With a concert at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium; 62,000 fans filled the stands to celebrate the triumph of the USSR's most successful rock group
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1988· 1 entry
Viktor Tsoi starred as the protagonist in The Needle (Russian: Игла, romanized: Igla), directed by Rashid Nugmanov and written by Aleksandr Baranov and Bakhyt Kilibayev
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1987· 1 entry
The band Kino, along with other Russian rock bands, appeared as themselves in Assa (Russian: Асса), a film by Sergei Solovyov
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-06-21.
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