Tsoi Wall

The Tsoi Wall (Tsoi's Wall, русский. Стена Цоя) is a graffiti-covered wall in Moscow, dedicated to musician Viktor Tsoi and his band Kino. The wall is located at the house №37, at the intersection of Arbat Street and Krivoarbatsky Lane and is considered one of Moscow's landmarks. It is customary for Tsoi's fans to leave a broken lighted cigarette in the special ash plate by the wall.

Frequently visited by Tsoi's fans, the wall has become a place to hide a note for a friend or arrange a meeting. There are also memory walls of Tsoi in other cities, such as Saint Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Sevastopol.

History

The wall was first inscribed on 15 August 1990 with "Viktor Tsoi died today" (Сегодня погиб Виктор Цой) in black. Subsequently someone inscribed a reply: "Tsoi is alive!" (Цой жив!) Later, many other inscriptions were added, including snippets from Kino's songs "Pachka sigaret" ("Pack of Cigarettes") and "Ya ne lyublyu, kogda mne vrut" ("I Don't Like When They Lie to Me"). In 2006 the wall was painted over by the Art Destroy Project members, but the graffiti was restored by Tsoi's fans. In 2009 the Moscow authorities announced plans to renovate the wall, but the plans were met with skepticism and were dropped.

A monument of a barefoot Tsoi, sitting on a motorcycle, was planned to be installed near the wall, but the idea was rejected by local residents and Tsoi's fans.

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happy babka
3 October 2015
Давно хотела тут побывать.Историческое место!Моя мама слушала Цоя, я слушаю Цоя, мои дети будут слушать Цоя.
Дмитрий Серженко
Стена дома № 37 по Арбату. Появилась в 1990 году, когда кто-то после известия о гибели Виктора Цоя высоко, через всю стену, вывел чёрным: «Сегодня погиб Виктор Цой». В ответ приписали: «Цой жив».
Mikhail Kinchin
15 July 2013
Место достойно посещения. Иногда перед ней поют песни В. Цоя люди странной наружности разной степени опьянения
Elizabeth Zhabitskaya
26 April 2016
Туристам нравится! Особенно поклонники творчества Цоя надолго задерживаются разглядывая всю стену от и до. Некоторые что-либо дописывают на эту стену.
Михаил Колпаков
Любимое место Осторожно киношники)
Сергей Федосеев
Атмосфера что надо.
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