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Viktor Tsoi

1962 - 1990

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Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Виктор Робертович Цой; Russian pronunciation: [ˈvʲikt̪ər ˈrobʲɪrt̪əvʲɪtɕ ˈtsoi̯]; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 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. Born and raised in Leningrad (now known as Saint Petersburg), Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager. Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Tsoi has received more than 1,563,724 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Viktor Tsoi is the 286th most popular singer (up from 352nd in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 595th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Singer.

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  • 1.6M

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  • 57.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Viktor Tsoi ranks 286 out of 3,528. Before him are Umberto Tozzi, R. Kelly, Serge Reggiani, Fancy, Bülent Ersoy, and Rita Pavone. After him are Eartha Kitt, Bill Withers, Wolf Biermann, Solomon Burke, Glenn Hughes, and Albert Hammond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Viktor Tsoi ranks 38. Before him are Evander Holyfield, Aleksandr Dugin, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Axl Rose, Matthew Broderick, and Antony Blinken. After him are Kelly Preston, Thomas Kretschmann, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Christiane F., Gabe Newell, and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este. Among people deceased in 1990, Viktor Tsoi ranks 56. Before him are Reinaldo Arenas, Yiannis Ritsos, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Philippe Soupault, Sammy Davis Jr., and John Stewart Bell. After him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Hussein Onn, Jim Henson, Lewis Mumford, Sergei Dovlatov, and Angelo Schiavio.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Tsoi ranks 522 out of 3,262. Before him are Martiros Saryan (1880), Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927), Vasily Chapayev (1887), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Vladimir Markovnikov (1838), and Boris Pugo (1937). After him are Alexander Radishchev (1749), Sheikh Mansur (1750), Werner Kempf (1886), Anund Gårdske (1004), Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), and Mikhail Tomsky (1880).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Viktor Tsoi ranks 6. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Eduard Khil (1934), Anna Netrebko (1971), and Valery Leontiev (1949). After him are Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Laila Halme (1934), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), and Martti Talvela (1935).

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