List of Russian superheroes

This is a list of superheroes from Western comics that hail from Russia or former Soviet Union.

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

• Abomination (Emil Blonsky), human mutate, AKA: Agent R-7, The Ravager of Worlds Abomination (comics)
• Airstrike (Dmitri Bukharin, Member of the People's Protectorate)[7]
• Anole (Victor Borkowski)
• 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)
• 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)
• Gregor Smerdyakov (mutant who becomes a sentient tree)
• Gremlin (formerly of the Soviet Super Soldiers, deceased)
• Illyana Rasputin (Magik, member of New Mutants and ruler of Limbo)
• Iron Curtain (Simas, a mutant from the Russian Exiles, deceased)
• It, the Living Colossus (Created by a Russian sculptor named Boris Petrovski)
• Katyusha (One of the First Line, deceased)
• Kraven the Hunter (real name: Sergei Kravinoff. He is a Russian immigrant to the US)
• 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, superhero, 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 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)
• 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)
• Sibercat (Member the Winter Guard, formerly of the Russian Exiles)
• Sputnik (Member of the People's Protectorate)
• Stencil (A mutant from the Russian Exiles)[13]
• Starlight
• 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]
• Titanium man (Boris Bullski) Titanium Man
• The Russian
• Ursa Major (Member of the Winter Guard, formerly with Soviet Super Soldiers)
• Vanguard (Member of the Winter Guard, brother of Darkstar)
• Whiplash (Anton Vanko) Whiplash (comics)

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.

Bubble

Bubble is a Russian comics publisher specializing in superhero comics.

• Danila Besoboy (Данила-бесобой), a demon hunter and formerly a soldier maimed at South Ossetian war.
• Mayor Grom (Майор Гром), real name Igor Grom.
• Inok (Инок), a time-travelling warrior monk.
• Red Furia (Красная Фурия), a female cat burglar.

Other publishers

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

• Animus Prime (Bar Sinister)[18]
• Maya Antares (sorceress from world of the Red Star)[19]
• Red Rush (short-lived Flash analogue in the pages of Invincible)

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")

Film and television

• Black Lightning (Dmitry Maykov), from the eponymous 2011 Russian film
• 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)

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