The attitude of fans of the headliner of the rock band "Kino" Viktor Tsoi to his only legal wife is rather ambiguous. For them, the musician remains a legend, the last hero of Russian rock, who appeared before the audience in the form of a loner in a black robe. Even his death is shrouded in a halo of mystery. Having a wife makes the image of a celebrity more earthly. In addition, everyone knows: the last three years, Marianna Tsoi (photos are presented in the article) was the wife of a rock star only nominally, his heart was given to a completely different woman.
Pages of biography before the fateful acquaintance
Few people know the maiden name of Marianne. Born Kovaleva, she was born in 1959, on March 5. The homeland of Marianna Tsoi and the city where her whole life passed was St. Petersburg.
At the end of school, the girl was engaged in painting, her passion led her to the circus. By the age of 23, Marianne had already been foreseen the place of the deputy post. She was in charge of the production department. The salary at that time was quite decent - 150 rubles. This distinguished the girl from the bohemian environment, allowing her to buy expensive clothes.
Marianne already had an unsuccessful marriage, concluded at the age of 19. After its collapse, she bore the surname Rodovanskaya.
First meeting
How did it happen that the girl began to wear another surname - Choi? Marianna Igorevna in one of the interviews said that she did not really want to go to her friend for a party in honor of his birthday. The fact is that on the same day she herself turned 23 years old. But something made the young woman respond to the invitation.
Among the guests were two novice rock musicians - A. Rybin and V. Tsoi. The second was only 19, but he seemed older. Laconic, Victor at first did not make the proper impression on his older girlfriend. When asked to leave a phone number, she casually scribbled it on the sheet with lipstick.
Choi called, after which the couple began to meet. At first, Victor hurt that he was younger and also poor. He even had to sew trousers himself, unlike his girlfriend with the post. The Kino group then performed in apartment buildings, and the cost of the performance averaged 15 rubles. Everything changed when a young woman heard the songs of her lover.
Legal marriage
At first, the couple had exclusively platonic relationships. During walks, they wrapped kilometers and just talked. They had nowhere to meet. Occasionally, Mike Naumenko began to invite a couple to his apartment, and Boris Grebenshchikov invited him out of town. In the summer they lived in tents in the Crimea.
Marianne recalls that she was waiting for acquaintance with the work of Tsoi with fear. She was afraid to hear something ordinary and ordinary. But the musician’s songs shocked her. The young woman began to bring some inconceivable costumes from the costume circus, to pick up a new image and soon assumed the function of administrator. The popularity of the group grew, and the relationship of lovers grew stronger.
Marianna Tsoi was introduced to Victor's parents, and soon the couple began to rent a room in a communal apartment. These were difficult times. Tsoi, who studied at vocational schools, did not want to quit music and join the army. For this, he even went to a psychiatric hospital. And after leaving the hospital, he made a sweetheart proposal. Their wedding took place two years after they met, in February 1984.
Birth of a son
And in August 1985, the couple had their firstborn. Victor Tsoi and Marianna Tsoi became parents, but for a long time they could not find a name for the baby. They argued for a month and a half. The musician wanted the name to be in harmony with his last name, so Timur was his last suggestion.
Marianne dreamed of calling the baby Alexander, so she had to decide on an ultimatum: "If not Sasha, then Christopher!" This decided the fate of the name of the joint son. Later, becoming a rock musician, the young man took the pseudonym Molchanov, not wanting to use the name of the legendary father for his career.
Now the heir to the rock legend is 33 years old, in 2017 he presented to the audience his mini-album titled “Support” and the solo project “Ronin”. It is curious that he wrote the main song "Whisper" at the age of 18.
Parting
Alexander’s birth coincided with the rapid rise of Tsoi’s career. The Kino group not only assembled stadiums in the Soviet Union, but also successfully toured in European countries and the USA. S. Solovyov invited the rock band to his film "Assa", which he began to shoot in 1987.
Viktor Tsoi went to Moscow, where he had an affair with Natalia Razlogova, assistant director. He immediately confessed to Marianne, with whom they shared a common son. In an interview, she describes a general meeting in a restaurant where both women first met and met. It happened in 1989.
Marianne is Tsoi's wife until his death, although the last three years Tsoi has not parted with Natalia. The daughter of a diplomat, she was very restrained, while the legal spouse had an explosive character.
It was very painful for Marianne to be present at the joint meeting, but she did not give a look. According to her, Victor did not want to divorce because of the child. Until the last days, he participated in his upbringing and took with him on that tragic trip to the Baltic states, where a fatal car accident occurred.
The death of Tsoi
In 1990, Marianne met with her husband for the last time. He took his son to rest in the Baltic states, and on August 15 the news came - a car accident occurred in the Tukum district, as a result of which V. Tsoi died. Together with Natalya, they rented a house in the village, from where, in the early morning, the musician went fishing in his Moskvich.
Returning, he did not fit into the turn, colliding with a bus. Traffic police demanded relatives to investigate the fatal accident, so Marianna Tsoy immediately went to the scene of the tragedy. Estimated version - the rocker fell asleep while driving. But loved ones do not believe it. He was too careful for this. Mother suggested that Choi was considering a new album. Only music was able to distract him from the road.
The official wife brought her husband's body to her hometown, where the rock legend was buried with honors at the Theological Cemetery.
Life after the death of Tsoi
Marianne was involved in the production of the rock band "Cinema". After the death of Tsoi, it turned out that she owns 50% of the income from the creative heritage of her former spouse. With these funds it was possible to live comfortably with her son, so the woman focused on self-development. She continued to paint, translate, and by the age of 40 she graduated from St. Petersburg University, Department of Oriental Studies.
She has done a lot to perpetuate Tsoi’s creative heritage. She became the organizer of a series of concerts dedicated to his memory, published several collections and a unique record "KINoprobi". On it, rock star songs are performed by his friends, musicians popular in the country.
The woman also became the author of the story dedicated to her husband, so she is often presented as a writer Marianna Tsoi. "Reference point" - the so-called work of the celebrity spouse. It was released in 1991 and opened the backstage of domestic rock.
Thanks to the story, fans know the personal life of the rock legend, as well as the difficulties in the relationship between the musicians of "Cinema".
Marianna Tsoi: the cause of death
The woman passed away early. This happened in 2005, June 27th. She was only 46. At 39, she found out about a terrible diagnosis - breast cancer. The operation only extended her life, but did not lead to recovery. Metastases have affected the brain. Despite this, Marianne until the last days lived a full life and even produced St. Petersburg rock musicians. One of them - Alexander Aksenov - was her common-law spouse.
Three and a half months before her death, the woman fell ill. She remained at home, where her mother, son and common-law spouse took care of her. Only the last two days Marianne spent in a coma. Her death was a big loss for the rock community of St. Petersburg. It was she who took charge of organizing her funeral. At the Theological Cemetery on this day, one could see musicians from the DDT, Aquarium, Kino and others. The grave of Tsoi’s wife is not far from the place where her legal husband is resting.
