Exactly 25 years have passed since the death of the leader of the KINO group. But to this day, numerous fans gather near Tsoi’s wall on Arbat, “KINO” songs are heard on popular radio stations, and modern performers re-drink the group’s compositions... Viktor Tsoi. This name has become a legend for several generations of young people. What was he really like? Where does the truth end? And a legend begins to happen?... Let's try, if not to restore the truth, then at least to get closer to it. The author of the book made an attempt to talk about the non-fictional Viktor Tsoi, tried to reconstruct in detail the facts of his biography and creative life. For the first time in a book, frank testimonies from Tsoi’s relatives, friends, and fellow musicians are published in such a volume. As well as unique, invaluable materials - eyewitness accounts, photographs from personal archives, letters, documents, unpublished song lyrics.