NodeJS + Mysql how to set encoding?

Question

MySQL

Good afternoon. NodeJS and Mysql writes krakozyabry.
Settings

var connection = mysql.createConnection({
  charset: "utf8_general_ci",
  host: config.mysql.host,
  user: config.mysql.user,
  password: config.mysql.password,
  database: config.mysql.database
});

Request

mysql.query("INSERT INTO `user` (`firstname`) VALUES ('ТУТ ТЕКСТ НА РУССКОМ')");

Result
"впивпвап "
Table encoding
utf8_general_ci

Answer 1

The issue was resolved, created a clean database. In phpMyAdmin