Viktor Tsoi embodied late-Soviet cool before it was overtaken by post-Soviet kitsch and defined late-Soviet hip before it was overrun by post-Soviet glitz. He epitomized late-Soviet sincerity ...

Even diametrically opposed political movements use the song. But the politicization of the lyrics took place against the wishes of Viktor Tsoi, Kino’s lead member, who insisted that the song isn’t ...

The iconic frontman of 80s rock group Kino, Viktor Tsoi looms large in the firmament of Russian rock music, in spite of his untimely death almost a quarter of a century ago. Tsoi, who defined the ...

The boiler room where Viktor Tsoi worked in the 1980s is now something of a rock shrine. Tsoi's day job was, however, not what made him famous. A 1987 film called Assa, which became a cult classic ...

On 30 May, when the Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, reported dead the day before, appeared at a press conference in Kyiv, the Russian-language internet responded with the meme 'Tsoi lives'. The ...

Russian rock icon Viktor Tsoi would have turned 50 on June 21. The band Spleen insists: “the rock-and-roll star must die very soon.” And many rock fans are certain that Viktor Tsoi ...

The lane has a wall on which the fans of Soviet era rock ‘n’ roll legend Viktor Tsoi, who died aged 28 in a car crash in 1990, scribble a message to him. Although Tsoi has been dead for nearly ...

The boiler room where Viktor Tsoi worked in the 1980s is now something of a rock shrine. Tsoi's day job was, however, not what made him famous. A 1987 film called Assa, which became a cult classic ...