List of Russian superheroes

This is a list of comic book superheroes and supervillains originating from Russia or the former Soviet Union.

Bubble Comics

Bubble Comics is the biggest Russian comic book publisher and produces monthly non-franchised comic books.

Danila the Demonslayer: A grim avenger who exterminates demons with the power of living tattoos made from Satan's blood.
Major Grom (Igor Grim): A detective from St. Petersburg known for his daring nature and uncompromising attitude towards criminals.
Friar (Andrey Radov): The heir to an ancient generation and the owner of a powerful artefact – a cross inlaid with Power Gems.
Red Fury: A thief recruited by agent Delta from the International Control Agency.
Meteora (Real name Alena Kunzetsova, legendary fictional space smuggler.)
Lilia Romanova: A teenager from Moscow who unveils the secrets of the "Bookwizard Order" whose members have been trying to hold the balance between the book world and reality.

DC Comics

Anatole: A former member of Red Trinity, a trio of speedsters modeled after the Flash. He is currently the owner of Kapitalist Kouriers, a courier company.[1]
Bebeck: A former member of Red Trinity who is currently an ally of the Flash and an employee of Kapitalist Kouriers.
Bolshoi: A martial artist and dancer with superhuman agility and former member of the People's Heroes)
Cassiopea: A former member of Red Trinity who is currently an ally of the Flash and an employee of Kapitalist Kouriers.
Cossack: A member of the Batmen of Many Nations from the Kingdom Come timeline.
Creote: An ally of the Birds of Prey.
Fireball (Sonya Chuikov): A member of the Young Allies.
Firebird (Serafina Arkadina): The leader of Soyuz, a group of teen heroes. She is the niece of Pozhar and possesses telepathic abilities.[2]
Fusion: Three men known only as One, Two, and Three who can combine their bodies into a single superior form.
Hammer: A metahuman with super strength, a member of the People's Heroes, and the husband of Sickle.[3]
KGBeast (Anatoli Knyazev): An assassin and enemy of Batman.
Molotov: A member of the People's Heroes who can detonate his body at will.
Morozko (Igor Medviedenko): A member of Soyuz who can generate ice.
Perun (lya Trepilov): A member of Soyuz who can generate electricity.
Pozhar: A Russian hero and former Rocket Red who was once bonded to Firestorm.
Pravda: A member of the People's Heroes who possesses various mental abilities.
Proletariat (Boris Dhomov): A Soviet supersoldier created during World War II.[4]
Red Star (Leonid Kovar): A member of the Teen Titans who can generate radiation.[5]
Red Son Superman: An alternate universe variant of Superman who landed in Russia rather than Kansas and was raised as a Stalinist.
Rocket Red Brigade: A group of armored soldiers dedicated to the protection of the Russian Federation.
Rusalka (Mashenka Medviedenko): A member of Soyuz who can generate water.
Anya Savenlovich: A former Green Lantern.
Sickle: A metahuman with super strength, a member of the People's Heroes, and the wife of Hammer.
Snow Owl: A former KGB operative who joined the Hellenders and is able to generate intense cold.
Stalnoivolk: A member of the Red Shadows who possesses superhuman strength and durability.
Tundra: A member of the Global Guardians who can generate intense cold.
Valentina Vostok: A former member of the Doom Patrol who can generate a radioactive 'soul-self'.
Vikhor (Feodor Sorin): A member of Soyuz who can spin at high speeds, enabling him to generate wind and fly.

Wildstorm (ABC/Homage)

Void (Adrianna Tereshkova): A member of WildC.A.T.S.
Void (Nikola Hanssen): A member of WildC.A.T.S.
Winter (Nikolas Kamarov): A member of Stormwatch.

Marvel Comics

Abomination (Emil Blonsky): A monstrous gamma mutate and an enemy of the Hulk.
Airstrike (Dmitri Bukharin): A member of the People's Protectorate and Winter Guard.[6]
Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff): A spy who is a member and former enemy of the Avengers.
Black Widow (Yelena Belova): The second Black Widow and a member of the Thunderbolts.
Blind Faith (Alexi Garnoff): A telepathic mutant and the leader of the Russian Exiles. He lost his powers during the Decimation.[7][8][9]
Bora: A mutant who could create intense cold. She lost her powers during the Decimation.
Colossus (Piotr Rasputin): A member of the X-Men who can transform his body into organic steel.
Concussion (Mikhail): A mutant and member of the Russian Exiles who can generate blasts of concussive force. He was killed by the assassin Firefox.
Crimson Dynamo: The name of several villains who wield powered armor and are enemies of Iron Man.
Darkstar: A member of the Winter Guard and former member of the Soviet Super-Soldiers who can manipulate the Darkforce.
Doctor Volkh (Vladimir Orekhov): A cosmonaut who gained an elastic body after being exposed to cosmic radiation. He is the leader of the Bogatyri, the Russian equivalent of the Fantastic Four.[10]
Epsilon Red (Ivanov): A genetically-engineered cosmonaut with psychic abilities.
Fantasma: A member of the People's Protectorate who possesses various magical abilities.
Gargoyle (Yuri Topolov): A scientist and early enemy of the Hulk who was mutated into a grotesque, dwarf-like form after being exposed to gamma radiation. After Bruce Banner, the Hulk's alter ego, cures his mutation, Topolov returns him and Rick Jones to the United States out of gratitude.
Gregor Smerdyakov: A mutant and resident of District X who can transform into a sentient tree.
Gremlin (Kondrati Topolov): Yuri Topolov's son and a member of the Soviet Super-Soldiers.
Iron Curtain (Simas Androvich): A mutant and member of the Russian Exiles who possesses superhuman strength and durability. He was killed by the assassin Firefox.
Katyusha: A member of the First Line who the Black Fox convinced to defect to the United States.
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff): A hunter and enemy of Spider-Man.
Magik (Illyana Rasputina): A member of the New Mutants and the X-Men who is Colossus' sister. She possesses various magical abilities, including the ability to travel to the realm of Limbo.
Mentac: A mutant and member of the Russian Exiles who possesses superhuman intelligence. He was killed by the assassin Firefox.[11]
Mikhail Rasputin: A mutant who can manipulate matter and the older brother of Colossus and Magik. He is a former cosmonaut and has acted as both a superhero and supervillain).
Mikula (Mikula Golubev): A mutant and member of the Bogatyri who possesses telepathy and telekinesis.
Morning Star (Marya Meshkov): A member of the Bogatyri who can generate intense heat.
Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich): A mutant and enemy of Wolverine and the X-Men. He possesses the innate ability to drain life force and was enhanced with carbonadium coils in his arms.
Perun (Valeri Sovloyev): A member of the People's Protectorate and the avatar of his namesake.
Presence (Sergei Krylov): A Russian nuclear physicist who transformed himself into a nuclear energy being.
Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff): A scientist and enemy of the Fantastic Four who can become invisible and intangible. He and his primate minions, the Super-Apes, gained superpowers from exposure to cosmic radiation in a deliberate effort to recreate the Fantastic Four's origin.
Red Guardian: The name of several Russian superheroes. The first and most prominent is Alexei Shostakov, the wife of Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow.
Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich): An enemy of Spider-Man who wields rhinoceros-themed armor.
Russian (Ivan Dragovsky): A cyborg and enemy of the Punisher.
Sibercat (Illich Lavrov): A cat-like mutant and member of the Winter Guard.
Sputnik: A member of the People's Protectorate who was transformed into an android by ailen technology.
Stencil: A mutant and member of the Russian Exiles who can absorb the minds of others.[12]
Starlight (Tania Belinsky): A neurosurgeon who the Presence gave nuclear abilities.
Steel Guardian (Josef Petkus): The fourth Red Guardian and a member of the Winter Guard.
Svyatogor (Sasha Pokryshkin): A member of the Bogatyri who possesses superhuman strength.
Synthesizer (Zoya Vasilievna and Arkady Tegai): Two mutates who can merge to become Synthesizer.[13]
Titanium Man (Boris Bullski): An enemy of Iron Man who wields powered armor.
Ursa Major (Mikhail Ursus): A mutant and member of the Winter Guard who can transform into a humanoid bear.
Vanguard (Nikolai Kyrylenko): A member of the Winter Guard and the brother of Darkstar who can generate force fields.
Whiplash (Anton Vanko): A scientist and enemy of Iron Man who wields powered whips.

Epic

Molniya ("Lightning" from Wild Cards)

New Universe

Stacey Inyushin: A member of Psi-Force with healing powers.[14]
Crasniye Solleetsi (Red Sun), a team of Russian paranormal.

Other publishers

Fleetway / Rebellion

Nikolai Dante: A thief and adventurer, bonded with a techno-organic device called a Weapons Crest.[15]

Harvey

Tanya: A member of War Nurse's Girl Commandos.[16]

Image Comics

Animus Prime (Bar Sinister)[17]
Maya Antares: A sorceress from world of the Red Star.[18]
Red Rush: An analogue of the Flash in the pages of Invincible and a member of the Guardians of the Globe. He was killed by Omni-Man.

Love and Rockets

Comrade 7 (A heroine with a fan club)[19]

UNForce

Mother Russia (UNForce)

Mercury Comics

Atomika (Russian, nuclear themed superman)

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 2009 Russian film.
Ilioukhine (Seigi Choujin from Russia, Kinnikuman Nisei)
Linka (Planeteer from Russia, Captain Planet)
Supercat (comics, J. Kaczyński)
Molotov Cocktease (The Venture Bros.)
The Warsman (Seigi Choujin from Russia, Kinnikuman)
Guardians (2017 film)
Cosmoball (2020 film)
Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021), a superhero film about a police major named Igor Grom, based on the comic strip Major Grom.

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