Role Singer Occupation(s) Singer, actor | Years active 1965–present Children Aba Klimenko Name Viktor Klimenko | |
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Website www.viktorklimenko.com/english/index.html Albums Emigrant - Riemuvuodet 1965-2012 Similar People Anneli Sari, Paula Koivuniemi, Markus Allan | ||
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Viktor Savvich Klimenko (born 24 November 1942) is a singer who made himself known as the "Singing Cossack".
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- Viktor klimenko dorogoy dlinnoyo 1970 on that snowy road along
- Viktor klimenko ochi chornye 1970 dark eyes
- Biography
- Selected filmography
- References
Viktor klimenko ochi chornye 1970 dark eyes
Biography
Klimenko was born in Karelia, to a Ukrainian Cossack father, Savva Klimenko, and a Russian mother, Olga Glotova. A few years after his birth, his family moved to Finland. There, he became a musician and appeared in several films, mostly appearing as himself. The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was his first appearance outside of Finland; his song didn't earn any points in the competition.
In 1970, Klimenko released the album Stenka Rasin across Europe. The album, containing Russian songs, went gold in the Finnish market—the first record to do so in Finland. Later, it was certified platinum. This success was followed by a decade of concerts around the world. Klimeno had nine more gold records and one more platinum record.
In 1973, he played in the Norwegian "comedy-humour-musical" Kofferten (Swedish: Ryck mig i vaskan), a co-operation between Sveriges Radio, BBC, YLE, and NRK.
Klimenko rebranded himself as a Gospel singer in 1980, after having a personal religious revelation.