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** Said song was originally recorded for ''Gruppa Krovi'' but was removed from the final tracklist. It appeared a couple of years later as the last song on their final album, released after Tsoi's fatal accident - the lyrics even reference a car crash.



* ProtestSong: The narrator of "Peremen" ("Changes") demands, well, changes in the stagnant world he lives in. It is strongly associated with Perestroika.

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* ProtestSong: The narrator of "Peremen" ("Changes") demands, well, changes in the stagnant world he lives in. It is strongly associated with Perestroika.Perestroika, although its popularity transcends the movement - in 2012, both major parties used it in conferences.

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Although his main occupation was music, Viktor Tsoi was also a decent modernist artist. He made many of his album covers himself and was one of the pioneers of what would be later called Russian Neoacademism.



* ''Posledny geroy'' (''Last Hero'') (1989)
* ''Zvezda po imeni Solntse'' (''Star Called Sun'') (1989)

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* ''Posledny geroy'' (''Last (''The Last Hero'') (1989)
* ''Zvezda po imeni Solntse'' (''Star (''A Star Called Sun'') (1989)



* BrilliantButLazy: Expelled from art school for poor performance. His first album, ''45'', also had two songs about it, ''Bezdelnik'' and ''Bezdelnik 2''. "Bezdelnik" is Russian for "slacker".

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* BrilliantButLazy: Expelled from art school for poor performance.performance - though many assume it was just a pretext, and the actual reason for expelling was his eccentric punk lifestyle. His first album, ''45'', also had two songs about it, ''Bezdelnik'' and ''Bezdelnik 2''. "Bezdelnik" is Russian for "slacker".
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Added that "Цой Жив" (Tsoi Lives) is more metaphorical than "Elvis Lives"


* ElvisLives: "Tsoi is alive" is a common saying among Russian rock fans: what Music/ElvisPresley was to America, Tsoi was to Russia.

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* ElvisLives: "Tsoi is alive" is a common saying among Russian rock fans: what Music/ElvisPresley was to America, Tsoi was to Russia. Russia, although in Tsoi's case, it tends to be more metaphorical, referring to his legacy.

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