Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990)-rock singer, guitarist, vocalist of the band "Kino". Born on June 21, 1962 in Leningrad. In 1969, he went to school, but while he finished eight classes, he changed three schools. From 1974 to 1977, in the biography of Tsoi, he studied at a secondary art school. At this time, the "Ward No. 6" group was formed. In 1977, Viktor Tsoi entered the Serov art school, from which literally the next year he was expelled for low academic performance. After that, he is trained in wood carving at SGPTU.In 1981, Tsoi, together with Alexey Rybin and Oleg Valinsky formed the Kino group. Boris Grebenshchikov, accidentally noticing the talent of Tsoi, offers his help, contributes to the recording of the first album "Cinema". After distributing the album, the band recorded new songs.
During the second rock festival, the band received the title of laureate, and one of the songs was named the best anti-war. After the second title of the winner of "Kino", he created several songs that became popular and brought even more fame to the biography of Viktor Tsoi. Then Viktor participates in the filming of several films ("Yya-HHA", "End of vacation", "Rock", "AssA"). At the next rock club festivals, the Kino group receives prizes for the best lyrics and for creative coming of age.
After the film" Needle", as well as the release of the album" blood Group", the popularity of Choi, and with it" Cinema", instantly grew. The next brilliant album "Kino" in the biography of Tsoi was " a Star named the Sun»
At the same time (1989) Viktor is named the best actor at the Golden Duke Odessa film festival. There are concerts of the band in Japan. Choi is recording songs for a new album, but suddenly dies in a car accident. At the end of 1990, after Victor's death, the last "Black album" of the group was released. Since then, the story of the musician was told in documentaries, many songs were dedicated to him, and fans covered with inscriptions "Tsoi wall".