The actor and musician Viktor Tsoi, unusually famous in the eighties of the last century, has not lost its popularity even today, more than twenty years after the tragic death.
The walls of Tsoi, on which fans draw portraits of their idol, write quotes from his songs, next to which they are going to listen to songs and talk about life, there are cities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. In Moscow, a similar one is located in Krivoarbatsky Lane.
In 1984, at the Leningrad rock festival, the Kino group, consisting of leader Viktor Tsoi, guitarist Yuri Kasparyan, drummer Georgy Guryanov, bass guitarist Alexander Titov, became a real sensation. From this moment, the popularity of the team was only increasing.
Lyrics and music, the author of which was Tsoi, as they say, completely coincided with the moods and attitudes of most of the young people of that time. Some critics of Tsoi see in the attraction for the fragile souls of his work a lot of destructive, harmful.
Songs with a claim to adulthood and philosophy had their effect on the minds of young people, each of whom at a certain age wants to see tragedy in their fate. There is a certain amount of truth in this, which is confirmed by the fact that when Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident, several teenagers committed suicide. For these guys, he really was a "star named the sun" (the name of the album of the group "Cinema"). In his songs, young people wanted to see and saw themselves. It is no accident that the then State Security Committee added the Kino group to the list of ideologically harmful collectives.
However, the main reason for the love of the musician is his obvious talent and genuine sincerity. He lived as he sang, the young felt it. The peak of Viktor Tsoi’s popularity came in 1988 after recording the “Cinema” album “Blood Type”, as well as the release of the film “The Needle”, where he played a silent, alienated, self-esteem and dressed in black Moro. The film quickly came in second place at the Soviet box office, and tens of thousands of teenagers began to get their hair cut and dress for Tsoi.
A born hero, constantly ready for rebellion, Viktor Tsoi created the image of a man as young people want to see themselves. This is the success of his popularity.
