Nikolai Stanislofsky
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Nikolai Stanislofsky was a prisoner character played by Philip Casnoff on HBO's Oz in Season 3 and 4.
[edit] Season 3
Nikolai was a Russian Jew arrested for the possession of stolen goods with an intent to sell. His sentence was 15 years and he was up for parole in 5. Originally, he had heard that his friend Alexander Vogel was killed by Richie Hanlon. He didn't know that it was really Vern Schillinger's doing, so someone had to take the fall. Upon his arrival, he kept a low profile until he saw that Hanlon's death sentence was overturned. Once he was in the shower room, all alone with Hanlon, he made his move, with Hanlon perceiving the situation as if Nikolai was approaching for a sexual relationship. Stanislofsky approached Richie in the shower and once he had a grip on Richie, he cut Hanlon's throat with a hidden razor blade stored in his mouth. Stanislofsky rinsed the razor in the water, leaving absolutely no way of pointing the murder at him. Very much like a cold-blooded killer, Stanislofsky left the scene. After executing his "enemy," Stanislofsky continued to keep a low profile, until Yuri Kosygin came into the mix. Kosygin was a Russian cossack and a professional killer. The Russian hitman had his sights set on eliminating Stanislofsky, and this was something that made Ryan O'Reilly quite glad. Once Yuri had Stanislofsky alone in a study room, he sealed the doors and managed to stab Stanislofsky right before the guards showed up to save Nikolai. Yuri was sent to isolation and Stanislofsky had to recover. When the racial tension reached an all time high during Stanislofsky's recovery, Schillinger asked all the Whites including the Jewish Stanislofsky to stick together against the majority Black inmates.
[edit] Season 4
In the season's first episode, Stanislofsky was able to coerce a cell phone from Ralph Galino, and he made illegal business related calls. However, Ryan O'Reilly was able to gain knowledge of his newly acquired cell phone, and soon enough, he was paying Stanislofsky in order to use it. When Ryan told Galino about his cell phone still being in Stanislofsky's hands, the angered Galino approached Nikolai with an ultimatum. Stanislofsky took matters into his own hands, acquiring help from Jaz Hoyt in order to have Galino taken out. Jaz and his biker buddies caught Galino off guard and fatally overdosed him with a needle full of heroin. Ryan and Nikolai continued their rivalry for quite some time. Then, when Ryan got a chance, he told Hoyt all about the cell phone. Jaz attacked Nikolai and the two quarreled but the cell phone ended up in Ryan's hands in the middle of the chaos. Both Hoyt and Stanislofsky were sent to isolation and Ryan came out the victor of the little scuffle. Soon enough, Nikolai had to be sent back to Em City. When new unit manager Martin Querns investigated the cell phone dispute, Nikolai opened up after a harsh interrogation and then asked for protection from O'Reilly. Querns tried to guarantee his safety telling Ryan that if anything were to happen to Nikolai when he got back to Em City, he would be held responsible. Ryan knew he had only one way of having Nikolai whacked. Ryan was in the middle of a sexual relationship with correctional officer Claire Howell, and he told her to do him a favor. Before returning to Em City, Stanislofsky had asked Querns for a favor, he wanted to take a hot bath. Somewhere along the line, officer Howell showed up, gave Nikolai a hand job while he was bathing, then picked up a rubber ducky and tossed it in. Nikolai was confused. "It's a rubber ducky," explained Claire Howell. Then she took a dryer and tossed it into the tub, while it was connected. This resulted in Stanislofsky getting electrocuted, his body jolting and the water splashing. Howell acted as if she wasn't responsible and on the way back to Em City, she winked at Ryan O'Reilly for a job well done.
