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* Epsilon Red (Ivanov is a genetically-engineered cosmonaut with powerful psychic abilities. He restored [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine's]] memories. Ivanov is a Russian [[Super-Soldier]]) |
* Epsilon Red (Ivanov is a genetically-engineered cosmonaut with powerful psychic abilities. He restored [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine's]] memories. Ivanov is a Russian [[Super-Soldier]]) |
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* [[Fantasia (comics)|Fantasma]] (Member of the People's Protectorate) |
* [[Fantasia (comics)|Fantasma]] (Member of the People's Protectorate) |
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* [[Ghost Maker]] (Grigori Sovchencko), master in martial arts |
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* [[Gregor Smerdyakov]] (mutant who becomes a sentient tree) |
* [[Gregor Smerdyakov]] (mutant who becomes a sentient tree) |
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* Gremlin (formerly of the Soviet Super Soldiers, deceased) |
* Gremlin (formerly of the Soviet Super Soldiers, deceased) |
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* [[Grim Hunter]] (Vladimir Kravinoff), [[Kraven the Hunter|Kraven]]'s son, tried to avenge his father's death (he blamed Spiderman for it) |
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* [[Magik (comics)|Illyana Rasputin]] (Magik, member of New Mutants and ruler of Limbo) |
* [[Magik (comics)|Illyana Rasputin]] (Magik, member of New Mutants and ruler of Limbo) |
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* Iron Curtain (Simas, a mutant from the Russian Exiles, deceased) |
* Iron Curtain (Simas, a mutant from the Russian Exiles, deceased) |
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* [[Iron Maiden (comics)|Iron Maiden]] (Melina Vostokoff), master assassin and spy, fought Black Widow |
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* [[It, the Living Colossus]] (Created by a Russian sculptor named Boris Petrovski) |
* [[It, the Living Colossus]] (Created by a Russian sculptor named Boris Petrovski) |
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* Katyusha (One of the First Line, deceased) |
* Katyusha (One of the First Line, deceased) |
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* [[Omega Red]] |
* [[Omega Red]] |
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* [[Perun (comics)|Perun]] (Member of the People's Protectorate) |
* [[Perun (comics)|Perun]] (Member of the People's Protectorate) |
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* [[Presence (Marvel Comics)|Presence]] |
* [[Presence (Marvel Comics)|Presence]] (A Russian nuclear physicist) |
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* [[Red Ghost]] (Ivan Kragoff), was able to recreate the event that created the [[Fantastic Four]], with himself and three [[ape]]s on a spaceship |
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* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian I|Red Guardian I]] (WWII hero) |
* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian I|Red Guardian I]] (WWII hero) |
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* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian II|Red Guardian II]] (Alexei Alanovich Shostakov, former husband of Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow. Faked his own death.) |
* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian II|Red Guardian II]] (Alexei Alanovich Shostakov, former husband of Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow. Faked his own death.) |
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* [[Starlight (comics)|Red Guardian III]] (Dr. Tania Belinsky, now mutated into the being known as Starlight) |
* [[Starlight (comics)|Red Guardian III]] (Dr. Tania Belinsky, now mutated into the being known as Starlight) |
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* [[Radioactive Man (comics)#Igor Stancheck|Radioactive Man]] (Igor Stancheck), one of several mercenaries invading the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda |
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* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian IV|Red Guardian IV]] (Josef Petkus, now calls himself Steel Guardian as a member of the Winter Guard) |
* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian IV|Red Guardian IV]] (Josef Petkus, now calls himself Steel Guardian as a member of the Winter Guard) |
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* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian V|Red Guardian V]] (Krassno Granitsky, ally of [[David North (comics)|Maverick]]) |
* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian V|Red Guardian V]] (Krassno Granitsky, ally of [[David North (comics)|Maverick]]) |
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* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian VI|Red Guardian VI]] (deceased) |
* [[Red Guardian#Red Guardian VI|Red Guardian VI]] (deceased) |
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* [[Russian (comics)|Russian]] (Ivan Vassilovitch Dragovsky), hired by the crime boss [[Ma Gnucci]] to eliminate the [[Punisher]] |
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* [[Sibercat]] (Member the Winter Guard, formerly of the Russian Exiles) |
* [[Sibercat]] (Member the Winter Guard, formerly of the Russian Exiles) |
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* Stencil (A mutant from the Russian Exiles)[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/stencilrussian.htm] |
* Stencil (A mutant from the Russian Exiles)[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/stencilrussian.htm] |
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* Svyatogor (Sasha Pokryshkin, superhuman strength, member of the Bogatyri) |
* Svyatogor (Sasha Pokryshkin, superhuman strength, member of the Bogatyri) |
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* Synthesizer (Zoya Vasilievna and Arkady Tegai ar two Mutates who merge to become Synthesizer.)[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/synthesizer.htm] |
* Synthesizer (Zoya Vasilievna and Arkady Tegai ar two Mutates who merge to become Synthesizer.)[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/synthesizer.htm] |
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* [[Unicorn (comics)#Milos Masaryk|Unicorn]] (Milos Masaryk), Soviet intelligence agent assigned to track down the original Crimson Dynamo |
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* [[Ursa Major (comics)|Ursa Major]] (Member of the Winter Guard, formerly with Soviet Super Soldiers) |
* [[Ursa Major (comics)|Ursa Major]] (Member of the Winter Guard, formerly with Soviet Super Soldiers) |
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* [[Vanguard (Marvel Comics)|Vanguard]] (Member of the Winter Guard, brother of Darkstar) |
* [[Vanguard (Marvel Comics)|Vanguard]] (Member of the Winter Guard, brother of Darkstar) |
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* Vostok (Member of the People's Protectorate) |
* Vostok (Member of the People's Protectorate) |
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* [[Whiplash (comics)#Anton Vanko|Whiplash]] (Anton Vanko), Iron Man's antagonist; when someone wearing a stolen suit of Iron Man armor murders a number of people from his town, he tries to avenge them; appeared in [[Iron Man 2]] |
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===Epic=== |
===Epic=== |
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Revision as of 05:59, 17 March 2012
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Many "Russian" superheroes in Western comics hail from the Russian Federation, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Others have origins dating back to the Cold War and the Soviet Union.
When it comes to fiction actually composed and written under Communism, a broader stroke may have to be taken when defining heroes and superheroes than is common in the west.
DC Comics
- Anatole (Former member of Red Trinity, ally of The Flash runs Kapitalist Kouriers in the US)[1]
- Bebeck (Former member of Red Trinity, ally of The Flash, employee of Kapitalist Kouriers)
- Bolshoi (Martial artist and dancer, Former member of the People's Heroes)
- Cassiopea (Former member of Red Trinity, ally of The Flash, employee of Kapitalist Kouriers)
- Cossack (One of the Batmen of Many Nations from Kingdom Come)
- Creote (An ally of the Birds of Prey)
- Fireball (Sonya Chuikov, member of the Young Allies)
- Firebird (Serafina Arkadina, telepath and leader of Soyuz, a group of teen heroes, niece of Pozhar)[2]
- Fusion (Three men known only as One, Two and Three could combine their bodies into a single superior form, from The Outsiders vol. 1 #23-24)
- Hammer (Super strong metahuman, member of the People's Heroes, husband of Sickle)[3]
- Molotov (Explosives expert and explosive metahuman, member of the People's Heroes)
- Morozko (Igor Medviedenko, cryokinetic member of Soyuz)
- Perun (lya Trepilov, electrokinetic member of Soyuz)
- Pozhar (Russian hero who was once bonded to Firestorm, former Rocket Red recruited by the Red Shadows)[4]
- Pravda (telepathic member of the Peoples Heroes)
- Proletariat (Boris Mikhail Dhomov, soviet supersoldier created during World War II. Flash vol.2 #51)[5]
- Red Star (Leonid Konstantinovitch Kovar, former member and current ally of the Teen Titans)[6]
- Red Son Superman a Russian Superman raised as a Stalinist
- Rocket Red Brigade (protect the Russian Federation)
- Rusalka (Mashenka Medviedenko, hydrokinetic member of Soyuz)
- Anya Savenlovich (former Green Lantern)
- Sickle (Super strong metahuman, member of the People's Heroes wife of Hammer)
- Snow Owl (Former KGB operative who joined the Hellenders, able to generate intense cold)
- Stalnoivolk (Super strength, damage reduction, leaping, Member of the Red Shadows)
- Tundra (Member of the Global Guardians)
- Valentina Vostok (Formerly Negative Woman of the Doom Patrol)
- Vikhor (Feodor Piotrovich Sorin, member of Soyuz. Vikhor can spin about while reducing his specific gravity. Thus he can create a whirlwind and float in the center of it.)
Wildstorm (ABC/Homage)
- Void I (Adrianna Tereshkova of WildC.A.T.S.)
- Void II (Nikola Hanssen of WildC.A.T.S.)
- Winter (Nikolas Andreyvitch Kamarov a member of Stormwatch)
Marvel Comics
- Airstrike (Dmitri Bukharin, Member of the People's Protectorate)[7]
- Black Widow I (Natasha Romanoff of the Avengers)
- Black Widow II (Yelena Belova, current team leader of the Thunderbolts)
- Blind Faith (Alexi Garnoff, leader of the of Russian Exiles and underground group of Mutants. He created the Underground Mutant Safe System. Lost his powers during the Decimation.)[8][9][10]
- Bora (Mutant who could create intense cold, Lost her powers after M-Day)
- Chameleon, Shapeshifter, half-brother of Kraven the Hunter
- Colossus (Peter Rasputin of the X-Men)
- Concussion ( Mikhail, a mutant from the Russian Exiles, deceased)
- Crimson Dynamo I (Professor Anton Vanko, deceased)
- Crimson Dynamo II (Boris Turgenev, deceased)
- Crimson Dynamo III (Alex Nevsky, deceased)
- Crimson Dynamo IV (Yuri Petrovich, exiled to Siberia)
- Crimson Dynamo V (Dmitri Bukharin, now known as Airstrike)
- Crimson Dynamo VI (Colonel-General Valentin Shatalov, worked for the Red Skull)
- Crimson Dynamo VII (unknown)
- Crimson Dynamo VIII (Gennady Gavrilov, possibly retired)
- Crimson Dynamo IX (unknown)
- Darkstar (Member of the Winter Guard; former member of the Soviet Super-Soldiers)
- Doctor Volkh (Vladimir Orekhov, stretching powers, leader of the Russian Fantastic Four known as the Bogatyri)[11]
- Epsilon Red (Ivanov is a genetically-engineered cosmonaut with powerful psychic abilities. He restored Wolverine's memories. Ivanov is a Russian Super-Soldier)
- Fantasma (Member of the People's Protectorate)
- Ghost Maker (Grigori Sovchencko), master in martial arts
- Gregor Smerdyakov (mutant who becomes a sentient tree)
- Gremlin (formerly of the Soviet Super Soldiers, deceased)
- Grim Hunter (Vladimir Kravinoff), Kraven's son, tried to avenge his father's death (he blamed Spiderman for it)
- Illyana Rasputin (Magik, member of New Mutants and ruler of Limbo)
- Iron Curtain (Simas, a mutant from the Russian Exiles, deceased)
- Iron Maiden (Melina Vostokoff), master assassin and spy, fought Black Widow
- It, the Living Colossus (Created by a Russian sculptor named Boris Petrovski)
- Katyusha (One of the First Line, deceased)
- Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff), strong, maniacal hunter, trying to hunt Spiderman; half-brother of Chameleon
- Mentac (Mutant from the Russian Exiles, possessed a fifth-level brain capable of computer-like analysis, deceased)[12]
- Mikhail Nikolaievitch Rasputin (mutant, older brother of Colossus of the X-Men and Magik of the New Mutants; former Russian cosmonaut, spuerheroe, supervillan, presumed messiah; deceased)
- Mikula (Mikula Golubev, Mutant telepath and telekinetic, member of the Bogatyri)
- Mindsinger (one of the Young Gods)
- Morning Star (Marya Meshkov, flight and heat powers, former member of the Bogatyri)
- Omega Red
- Perun (Member of the People's Protectorate)
- Presence (A Russian nuclear physicist)
- Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff), was able to recreate the event that created the Fantastic Four, with himself and three apes on a spaceship
- Red Guardian I (WWII hero)
- Red Guardian II (Alexei Alanovich Shostakov, former husband of Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow. Faked his own death.)
- Red Guardian III (Dr. Tania Belinsky, now mutated into the being known as Starlight)
- Radioactive Man (Igor Stancheck), one of several mercenaries invading the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda
- Red Guardian IV (Josef Petkus, now calls himself Steel Guardian as a member of the Winter Guard)
- Red Guardian V (Krassno Granitsky, ally of Maverick)
- Red Guardian VI (deceased)
- Russian (Ivan Vassilovitch Dragovsky), hired by the crime boss Ma Gnucci to eliminate the Punisher
- Sibercat (Member the Winter Guard, formerly of the Russian Exiles)
- Stencil (A mutant from the Russian Exiles)[13]
- Starlight (see Red Guardian)
- Steel Guardian (Josef Petkus, member of the Winter Guard)
- Svyatogor (Sasha Pokryshkin, superhuman strength, member of the Bogatyri)
- Synthesizer (Zoya Vasilievna and Arkady Tegai ar two Mutates who merge to become Synthesizer.)[14]
- Unicorn (Milos Masaryk), Soviet intelligence agent assigned to track down the original Crimson Dynamo
- Ursa Major (Member of the Winter Guard, formerly with Soviet Super Soldiers)
- Vanguard (Member of the Winter Guard, brother of Darkstar)
- Vostok (Member of the People's Protectorate)
- Whiplash (Anton Vanko), Iron Man's antagonist; when someone wearing a stolen suit of Iron Man armor murders a number of people from his town, he tries to avenge them; appeared in Iron Man 2
Epic
- Molniya ("Lightning" from Wild Cards)
New Universe
- Stacey Inyushin (A member of Psi-Force with healing powers)[15]
- Crasniye Solleetsi (Red Sun), a team of Russian paranormals.
Small Press
Fleetway
- Nikolai Dante (Thief and adventurer, bonded with a techno-organic device called a Weapons Crest.)[16]
Harvey
- Tanya (A member of War Nurse's Girl Commandos)[17]
Image
Love and Rockets
- Comrade 7 (A heroine with a fan club)[20]
UNForce
- Mother Russia (UNForce)
Public Domain
- Octobriana (from the comic "Octobriana and the Russian Underground")
- Gritsko Sraka (from the comic "The last Molfar")
Novels
- Aelita (from the Aelita novel by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy)
- Anton Gorodetsky (A Light Mage from the World of Watches tetralogy by Sergey Lukyanenko which begins with Night Watch)
- D-503 (protagonist of Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopian novel We)
- Kris Kelvin (from the novel Solaris by Polish Sci-Fi writer Stanislaw Lem)
- Space Pilot Pirx (from the Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw Lem)
Television
- Ilioukhine (Seigi Choujin from Russia, Kinnikuman Nisei)
- Linka (Planeteer from Russia, Captain Planet)
- Red Star (Teen Titans TV)
- Rocket Red (Justice League Unlimited)
- Molotov Cocktease (The Venture Bros.)
- The Warsman (Seigi Choujin from Russia, Kinnikuman)
Films
- Aelita (in the 1924 silent movie Aelita: Queen of Mars based on the book by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy)
- Anton Gorodetsky (from the 2004 film Night Watch and Day Watch)
- Black_Lightning (from the 2009 film Black_Lightning)
External links
- Marvel Universe Appendix
- International Catalog of Superheroes
- The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters
- Internationalhero (Superheroes from around the world)
- Jorge's Superlists
- DCU Guide
- Psi-Force Remembered
- Popthought Bar Sinister
- Speed Comics #20: War Nurse
- Nikolai Dante Homepage
- Nikolai Dante at International Hero
- Love and Rockets Index: C
- Cosmic Teams: The Peoples Heroes
- Artful Salamander Portal
- Marvel Universe: People's Protectorate
- Marvel Universe Appendix: Bogatyri
- Cosmic Teams: Soyuz
- Marvel Universe Appendix: Exiles
- Marvel Universe Appendix: Underground Mutant Safe System
- Marvel Universe Appendix: Blind Faith
- Marvel Universe Appendix: Synthesizer
- Firestorm 2 HQ: Pozhar