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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Pravda (telepathic member of the Peoples Heroes)
- Proletariat (Boris Mikhail Dhomov, soviet supersoldier created during World War II. Flash vol.2 #51)
- Red Star (Leonid Konstantinovitch Kovar, former member and current ally of the Teen Titans)
- 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)
- 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.)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.)
- Titanium man (Boris Bullski) Titanium Man
- 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)
- 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.)
Harvey
Image
- Animus Prime (Bar Sinister)
- Maya Antares (sorceress from world of the Red Star)
- Red Rush (short-lived Flash analogue in the pages of Invincible)
Love and Rockets
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