Also known as Viktor Yakovlevich Klimenko
Soviet gymnast
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Viktor Klimenko (born November 24, 1942) is a singer who made himself known as the "Singing Cossack". A few years after his birth in Karelia his family moved to Finland, where he became a noted musician and also appeared in several films, mostly playing himself. The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was his first appearance outside of Finland. He didn't earn any points for his song, mostly because judges didn't like the lyrics. In 1970, only five years later <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Viktor
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