Short answers, pulled from the story.
Kino was co-founded by Viktor Tsoi and formed in Leningrad in 1981 from members of two earlier groups, Palata No. 6 and Piligrimy. The band initially called themselves Garin i giperboloidy before changing their name to Kino around 1982.
Viktor Tsoi died in a car crash on the 15th of August 1990 near Tukums in Latvia while returning from a fishing trip. He was 28 years old at the time of his death.
Gruppa krovi (1988) brought Kino to the peak of their popularity and was later named the best Russian rock song of the twentieth century by listeners of Nashe Radio. The album was released in the West by Capitol Records in 1989 and was praised by American critic Robert Christgau.
Kino released seven studio albums during the band's active years from 1982 to 1991, spanning over ninety songs. They also released compilations, live albums, and, after 2012, several re-recording projects.
The Black Album, known in Russian as Chyorny albom, was Kino's final studio record, released in December 1990. It was assembled by the remaining band members after Tsoi's death from songs he and the group had recorded in Latvia shortly before he died. Its all-black cover gave it the name it is known by.
Fans of Kino are called Kinophiles, and the intense devotion surrounding the band is referred to as Kinomania. The Tsoi Wall is a location in Moscow where fans leave messages for Viktor Tsoi; the boiler room in Leningrad where Tsoi once worked as an operator is also a place of pilgrimage for fans of Russian rock.