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Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (1962–1990) was a Soviet singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music.
Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. After Kino appeared and performed in the 1987 Soviet film Assa, the band's popularity surged, triggering a period referred to as "Kinomania", and leading to Tsoi's leading role in the 1988 Kazakh new wave art film The Needle. In 1990, after their high-profile concert at the Luzhniki Stadium, Tsoi briefly relocated to Latvia with bandmate Yuri Kasparyan to work on the band's next album. Two months after the concert, Tsoi died in a car collision.
He is regarded as one of the most important pioneers of rock music in Russia and is credited with popularizing the genre throughout the Soviet Union. He retains a devoted following throughout the former Soviet Union, where he is known as one of the most influential and popular people in the history of Russian music.
Date of issue: 01.06.2023
Obverse
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In the centre the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, above the semicircular inscription along the rim THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION framed on both sides by ornamental elements of doubled rhombuses, in the lower part of the disc, at the edge the horizontal inscription 3 RUBLES and the date 2023 under it, over it to the right the mint trade mark. РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ |
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Reverse
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Depicts a portrait of Viktor Tsoi holding a microphone against the background of an image of a guitar with symbolic flames, laser treated for matte finishing, the relief inscription VIKTOR TSOI on the left around the circumference, and the years of his birth and death ‘1962’ and ‘1990’ in two lines below. ВИКТОР ЦОЙ |
Edge |
300 corrugations |
3 Rubles
Viktor Tsoi
CBR# 5111-0486
Viktor Tsoi
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