A fact that can surprise fans.
Viktor Tsoi is one of the most famous rockers of the Soviet Union. The Kino group and its songs are known and loved to this day.
The musician’s biography has been studied far and wide. But some details remained a mystery to fans until recently.
It turned out that Viktor Robertovich’s real surname sounds completely different from how they are used to pronouncing it in Russia. This is in the Russian manner, he is Tsoi. And in Korean – this is where the poet’s ancestors come from – Chwe.
This is how letters written in the traditional Hangul script are read correctly. Most likely, the version of “Tsoi” was recorded by Russian officials when Viktor Robertovich’s great-grandfather moved from the village of Songzhin to Vladivostok.
