Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (21 June 1962, Leningrad, Soviet Union 15 August 1990, Tukums,

Latvia, USSR
! "eader o# t$e %and &'ino()
! *e +as %orn to a 'orean #at$er and Russian mot$er
! Tsoi ! t$e ,ioneer o# Russian ro-k
! $as -reated ten a"%ums
! *e died in a -ar a--ident in August 15 , 1990)
! .i#e /arianna Tsoi
! Son A"e0ander Tsoi
mot$er, 1a"entina 1asi"2evna, +as a tea-$er
! #at$er, Ro%ert /a0imovi-$, +as an engineer
! Tsoi %egan +riting songs at t$e age o# 13
! 4n 1935, 1iktor attended t$e Serov Artisti- A-adem2
! %ut +as e0,e""ed at t$e age o# 16, a""eged"2 #or ,oor grades
T$e -o""e-tive +as #ormed at summer o# 1961 in Leningrad and origina""2 +as -a""ed 78arin and
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! :ear a#ter %and name $ave -$anged to &'ino;)
! 1962 ! <e%ut on a s-ene o# Leningrad=s ro-k -"u%
! 4n 1962, 'ino re"eased t$eir #irst a"%um 745)
1i-tor Tsoi ! vo-a", r$2t$m guitar (1961!1990>
! Jur2 'as,ar?an ! so"o guitar (196@!1990>
! 4gor Tik$omirov ! %ass guitar (1966!1990>
! 8eorge 8ur2anov %a-k ! vo-a", drums (1965!1990)
8"asnost "oosened t$e restri-tions on t$e media and a""o+ed ro-k %ands to %e +ritten a%out and
s$o+n on te"evision)
4n 1966 Tsoi used t$e o,en atmos,$ere and ,u%"i- sentiment to re"ease a song tit"ed &A4 .antB
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! T$e re"ease o# t$eir 3t$ a"%um Blood Type triggered ,$enomena t$en +as -a""ed
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! 4n 1990 took ,"a-e a -on-ert at /os-o+ds Lue$niki Stadium) At a -on-ert +as ,resent 62,000
#ans
4n Latvia, on August 15, 1990, Tsoi #inis$ed re-ording t$e vo-a"s #or &'ino(ds ne0t a"%um)
! 4n t$e morning o# August 15, 1990 1i-tor Tsoi +as "ost in -ar a--ident +$i-$ $as $a,,ened
near Tukums in Latvia
! T$e ta,e +$i-$ -ontained re-ording o# Tsoids vo-a"s #or t$e ne0t a"%um +as re-overed and t$e
mem%ers o# &'ino( re-orded t$e musi- #or t$e a"%um, +$i-$ +as -$ristened Black Album as a
sign o# mourning #or t$e #a""en singer)
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Ar%at street in /os-o+, +$ere #ans sti"" gat$er to remem%er t$eir $ero) ! 4n 2000 some
o# t$e nationds to, ro-k %ands -ame toget$er and re"eased t$eir inter,retations o# 'inods
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