Soviet characters of Command & Conquer

This page lists characters of the Soviet Union in the of computer and video games.

Red Alert

Premier Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin is the Premier and General Secretary of the Soviet Union. He is based on the real life Joseph Stalin, and is played by Gene Dynarski.

The Soviet campaign leader, he is backed up by Nadia (Andrea Robinson), General Gradenko (Alan Terry), Marshal Georgi Kukov (Craig Cavanah) and, the leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, Kane (Command & Conquer) (Joseph D. Kucan).

In the Soviet Victory, Great Britain has been conquered and Stalin is seen celebrating. However, in a plot devised by Stalin's shadowy advisor Kane, Nadia kills Stalin. After drinking poisoned tea prepared by Nadia, Stalin dies and the fate of the Soviet Union remains a mystery.

In the Allied victory movie, after being severely wounded during the siege and capture of Moscow, he is smothered to death by Stavros.

Nadia

Nadia is the chief of the NKVD. She is the intelligence officer and often gives the player specific assignments. Secretly, Nadia actually is a member of the Brotherhood of Nod society, which is featured prominently in the , as revealed in the final Soviet cutscene. Several scenes hint that she was Stalin's mistress as well.

Nadia is shown to favor the player over the other Soviet officers, Gradenko and Kukov. She serves poisoned tea to Gradenko, killing him painfully as a punishment for his incompetence. In the end of the Soviet campaign, she poisons Stalin, and shoots him four times in the stomach and once in the eye. She is killed by Kane with a gunshot through her back in the final Soviet ending video, the latter apparently having lost the need for her.

She is famous for her poisoned teas, exclaiming "I prepared it myself" when both Stalin and Gradenko comment on its good taste, and her quote "You bastard pig! You'll never touch me with your filthy hands again!"

Nadia was played by Andrea Robinson.

Field Marshal Gradenko

Field Marshal Gradenko was a competent military officer who commanded Red Army troops in the conquest of East Asia. His success there resulted in his promotion to Marshal and won him an advisory position to Joseph Stalin during the subsequent war in Europe. Though Gradenko had been an outstanding strategist, he made a number of mistakes at the beginning of this new war which included the loss of the USSR's stockpiles of nerve gas, a critical element in Stalin's original plans. NKVD leader Nadia, who was Gradenko's main opponent at the head of the Communist party, convinced Stalin of Gradenko's incompetence. To prove his loyalty, Gradenko was forced by Stalin to sign the death warrants of Soviet generals who Stalin claimed were plotting to assassinate him.

Gradenko was the Soviet leader who was most suspicious of the "General" (the player) and seemed to have a somewhat aggressive attitude towards him. He was also the general who informed Stalin of the Allied Chronosphere project, something that led to Stalin's obsession with seizing it. Neither Gradenko nor his fellow general Kukov were informed of the Iron Curtain project. Nor were either of them (or Stalin for that matter) aware of the true powers within the Communist party: Kane, the leader of Nod, and Nadia, who served as his deputy.

After numerous failures, Gradenko was killed by poisoned tea (served by Nadia) and replaced by General Georgi Kukov. Gradenko was subsequently proclaimed a traitor to the Soviet Union.

He is played by Alan Terry.

Kane

The mastermind of the Brotherhood of Nod in the , Kane appears several times throughout the Soviet Campaign as a mysterious counselor to Joseph Stalin. In the end of the Soviet Campaign, Nadia assassinates Stalin, proclaiming her secret membership of the Brotherhood; however, when she comments that the commander would serve as a puppet leader for the foreseeable future, Kane shoots her, exclaiming "I am the future.". He doesn't appear in the Red Alert series again.

General Georgi Kukov

Georgi Kukov is the commander of the Red Army. His character was inspired by Georgi Zhukov's figure. Unlike Zhukov, Kukov is depicted as a poor strategist. Showing great individual bravery during the (fictional) capture of Berlin, Kukov was promoted to a general. He took part in the conspiracy against Field Marshal Gradenko, and Josef Stalin made him his main advisor. He is killed thanks to his own blunder - when the player is required to capture the Allied Chronosphere (Mission 13) and fails, Kukov blames the player saying he is a horrible strategist, but Nadia counters by saying Kukov's intelligence was the true reason: Kukov had apparently overlooked another Allied base and forgot to inform the player of said base. Needless to say Stalin is furious and kills Kukov by breaking his neck.

He is played by Craig Cavanah.

Major Vladimir Kosygin

Vladimir Kosygin is an atomic scientist working for the Soviet Union. He loathes Stalin's ethics and defects to the Allies during the course of the game. He is the first to alert the allies of Stalin's nuclear missiles and instructs the player to destroy them.

General Topolov

Topolov is a high ranked Soviet military commander and mentor to the player. He only appears during "Red Alert: Retaliation". He is played by Alan Charof. After the final Soviet Mission in retaliation, Topolov retires, leaving his "drafty corner office" to the player. Unlike the other Red Alert Soviet military personnel, Topolov is not scheming or manipulative, instead acting friendly towards the commander (after the first mission he says: "I like you – I like you very much; and I'm Russian – I do not like anybody! – But I drink to you, comrade.").

Volkov

Volkov and his dog Chitzkoi are cyborgs constructed by the Soviet Union. He is much more powerful than Tanya, and is either armed with a machine gun or hand cannon. He was eventually captured by the Allies, which attempted to de-program him. The process made him mentally unstable, attacking both friend and foe. He was destroyed by the Soviet Union during their rescue attempt. In some Red Alert 2 modifications Volkov can be built in multiplayer, but his appearance is resembled to a Cyborg Commando from Tiberium series.

Yuri and Daniel Molotov

Yuri and Daniel Molotov were arms dealers who appear in the expansion pack "". They betray the Soviet Union and are killed by the player.

Red Alert 2

Premier Alexander Romanov

Alexander Romanov is the eccentric Premier of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin, and launches an attack on the United States. Romanov has a painted turtle named Sam, after Uncle Sam. Romanov's character is played by Nicholas Worth.

Romanov is a distant relative of the last Czar of Russia, and a Bolshevik. He is appointed by the Allied commanders to be the puppet head of the Soviet Union after its defeat following Stalin's invasion of Europe (which took place in ""). Romanov at first acquiesces to the demands the victorious Allies make, though he begins to build up a sizable military again for "defense purposes," and acquires one of Stalin's former psychics, Yuri, as his advisor. He shifts away from the western bloc diplomatically as well, stressing his belief in world revolution and forming the World Socialist Alliance (with Yuri's aid) for "peaceful" purposes. Romanov's true agenda is to use the World Socialist Alliance to begin a new war against the United States using masses of troops from all of the Second World's countries to swarm over the U.S. border with Mexico. Romanov's advisor Yuri provides the Soviets with numerous psychic technologies which Romanov implements all over the United States, most notably to mind control civilian populations to stop resistance using psychic beacons, and to mind control the soldiers in the United States' nuclear silos to prevent ICBMs from being used in the war.

In the Soviet campaign of "Red Alert 2", Yuri gradually applies psychic pressure until he can mind control Romanov to give him command of the Soviet Union's armed forces, and then has Romanov brutally murdered. Before his death in the Soviet campaign, Romanov records a message on a VHS cassette detailing his plight which is sent to the player. The message gives the player full command over the Soviet troops and to "take my country back for the glory of Russia, and the spirit of justice". This ending is not canonical, as Romanov is still alive at the events of the Yuri's Revenge expansion and the Allies have won the war, where in the ending of the game for the Soviets has the player conquering the world and destroying the Kremlin, and has all of the original major Soviet characters, except for Lieutenant Zofia and the commander, killed.

In the Allied campaign of Red Alert 2, the Allies invade Moscow, and special agent Tanya arrests Romanov in the Moscow Kremlin, where he is found with body doubles, while hiding under his desk wearing white boxers with hammers and sickles stamped all over them.

At the start of the Soviet campaign of "" Romanov is imprisoned in the Tower of London. From his cell, he contacts "Comrade General" (the player) and Lt. Zofia in order to give them a message for his past self, containing warnings about the way Allies won the war using Einstein's Chronosphere technology, as well as information of Yuri's betrayal. After receiving the message, the Romanov from the past instructs the player to destroy professor Albert Einstein's laboratory, thus guaranteeing a victory in the war against the Allies. After his plane is shot down in Morocco he escapes from Yuri's forces, and sends the player on missions to crush Yuri and his mind-controlled armies throughout the world and even on the moon. In the ending, the world is conquered by the Soviets and Romanov's ambitious space programs expand the socialist world throughout the Solar System.

In the Allied campaign of "Yuri's Revenge" the Allies still manage to win the war against him. After he surrenders, he meets with the other leaders of the international community in the Parliament building and they write up and ratify a treaty forming a military alliance to defeat Yuri for once and for all. It is assumed he retains control over the Soviet Union after Yuri is defeated.

Yuri

Yuri is Alexander Romanov's aide-de-camp, and is responsible for psychic technology the Soviets use to gain control of their enemies. He has a strong resemblance to Vladimir Lenin and Grigori Rasputin. Yuri's arch-nemesis within the Soviet ranks is General Vladimir, and loyalty to Romanov is questionable and Vladimir is quite suspicious. In one of the Soviet campaign briefings, Yuri displays a photo of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin that has been doctored so that Yuri's photo is in place of Lenin's.

Played by Udo Kier.

General Vladimir

Vladimir is a loyal and experienced general of the Soviet Union, and its most senior commander. He is well liked by Premier Romanov, who is often wary of sending the other general (the player) out to face enemies without Vladimir's aid in the Soviet missions.

As the Soviets, the player is forced to work under Vladimir's command in attacking a naval base in Florida. Vladimir gets back to Moscow first, however, and takes all of the glory for the operation (which the player is responsible for the vast majority of.) Yuri uses the excuse that Vladimir is too ambitious and power hungry considering his lack of military achievement, and when Romanov later wants to use Vladimir to defend Vladivostok from a South Korean attack Yuri first tries to discourage the notion and then shows that Vladimir is currently in a hot tub with two girls in bikinis. This apparently makes Romanov think less of Vladimir, as in the briefing for the next mission he has succumbed to some of Yuri's psychic pressure and promotes Yuri to Generalissimo of the Soviet Union.

When Yuri takes Romanov's place after murdering Romanov, he declares Vladimir an enemy of the people and a nonperson and orders the player to kill him. Vladimir, who has taken up refuge in occupied Washington D.C, desperately tries to convince the player of Yuri's treachery but to no avail. The player is forced to capture him in order to proceed to the point where it is found out that Yuri is a traitor.

As the Allies, the player fights against Vladimir at least once, in Chicago. This particular mission ends with a transmission to the player showing Vladimir pressing a button to launch a nuclear missile at the city. It is also likely that the player is fighting against him in all of the other missions.

In Red Alert 2, his fate in the Allied Campaign and the expansion pack, Yuri's Revenge, is unclear. As the General who ordered the nuclear destruction of Chicago, it can be assumed he was put on trial for war crimes, and possibly executed. In the Soviet Campaign, Vladimir is killed by Yuri using his Psychic abilities, after Vladimir rebelled against Yuri's plot to control Soviet Russia and the latter ordered the player to defeat his forces in Washington D.C.

He is played by Adam Greggor.

Lieutenant Zofia

Zofia, a Russian woman of Bulgarian descent, is the advisor of the Soviet Commander, and the Soviet equivalent of Lieutenant Eva Lee. She is played by Aleksandra Kaniak.Zofia is very seductive and in Yuri's Revenge she suggests herself to the General (the player): "Forgive me for speaking frankly, but it might help you to know that upon your return I hope to see you in Moscow. Winter there is cold, yes, but this winter.. could be different?" She also regards the general as a hero and holds him in great honor saying that he could return for her anytime. At the end of the campaign she congratulates him and mentions she knew he would be victorious in his campaign against the nefarious madman Yuri.

Following Yuri's defeat, the madman steals a voyage time machine and attempts to return in the past to settle everything in his favor. Lieutenant Zofia switched the power energy from the warp-time machine which brings the death of the conspirator Yuri by moving into a prehistorical age with no possibility of return, where he is promptly smashed, or possibly devoured, by a dinosaur.

Boris

Boris is a Soviet commando and counterpart to the Allied Tanya Adams. He is capable of speedily disposing of anything on land with an armor-piercing AKM rifle and a targeting laser which can target airstrikes from MiG-29s. He only appears in "Yuri's Revenge".

During a mission in the Soviet Campaign that entails working with Allied Troops, the Allied heroine Tanya assists Boris. However, Tanya seems indignant when Zofia says she's not as good as Boris, though useful. He appears from the first mission and is expendable, for if he dies before the Time Machine is activated then his past self takes over.

Red Alert 3

Natasha Volkova

Natasha Volkova is a Russian folk hero, so much so that hers is a household name (her first name, that is) among Soviet citizens who love to show up in throngs to her staged appearances on national holidays and in military parades. Paraphernalia autographed by this highly decorated Leningrad-born sniper is known to sell for many tens of thousands of rubles, though few Soviets would be unconscionable enough to willingly part with such a treasure. After all, the Soviet Union has none other so renowned for her astonishing marksmanship, startling beauty, and complete devotion to the Soviet cause. Allegedly, Natasha's natural talent with a rifle was discovered early on by Soviet military recruiters, who worked with the press to make her name and prowess become the talk of the Union--and, before long, the world. While her exploits tend to be exaggerated, she is determined (some say hell-bent) to live up to her living-legend image. There may be a darker side to Natasha's story. While government agencies have flatly dismissed or even incarcerated journalists who questioned Natasha's military conduct or the validity of official sources about her life and career, rumors and gossip of Natasha's "shocking cruelty" supposedly still circulate among the conscripts who have seen her in combat firsthand. One infamous story about her involves an execution of six enemy prisoners-of-war with a single shot from her custom rifle.

Urban legends further suggest she may not even be of Soviet descent, or that she may not even be the "real" Natasha. This, in turn, gives rise to further conspiracy theories about how, exactly, a youthful-looking woman such as Ms. Volkova could have operated in so many combat encounters in such a short period of time. Certainly, argue the theorists, she cannot be a single person. On the other hand, one of Natasha's qualities that is widely accepted is her propensity for showmanship: Her unorthodox marksmanship technique looks almost like an elaborate dance. In the game, Natasha's has an airstrike calling ability similar to that of Boris, and the vehicle-sniping ability of the the GLA's Jarmen Kell. Her sniper shots also have the ability of going through multiple units in a straight line.

Natasha Volkova is portrayed by Gina Carano.

Premier Cherdenko

Cherdenko is the leader of the USSR at the start of the war. Presumably, he was a member of Romanov's government. As the USSR was nearing defeat in events of Red Alert 2, he learned of secret research to replicate Einstein's Temporal Displacement technology. He approved of the mission to go back in time to eliminate Einstein, because he was responsible for most of the Allies superior technology. He personally went with a team to 1927 Brussels to erase Einstein

Premier Cherdenko is portrayed by Tim Curry.

General Krukov

General Krukov accompanies the Premier and Dr. Zelinsky when they return in the past to eliminate Einstein. He is also one of the Commanders in the Soviet campaign. He is somewhat boastful about his abilities, taking more than his share of the credit. General Krukov is played by Andrew Divoff.

Dr. Gregor Zelinsky

Dr. Zelinski developed the USSR's Temporal Displacement Device in a year-long secret project. His device would be used in the mission to eliminate Einstein (Portrayed by Peter Stormare).

Dasha Fedorovich

Dasha Fedorovich is the Soviet Intellegence officer in this war. She performs essentially the same function as the Allies Lt. Eva (Dasha Fedorovich is portrayed by Ivana Milicevic).