# 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 (Real name Igor Grom: a skilled detective from St. Petersburg known for his daring nature and uncompromising attitude towards criminals of all kinds.)
* Friar (Real name Andrey Radov, heir to an ancient generation and the owner of a powerful artefact – a cross inlaid with Power Gems.)
* Red Fury (The best thief in the world, recruited by agent Delta from the International Control Agency.)
* Meteora (Real name Alena Kunzetsova, legendary fictional space smuggler.)
* Lilia Romanova (An ordinary Moscow teenager 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 (Former member of Red Trinity, ally of The Flash, owner of Kapitalist Kouriers in the US)
* Bebeck (Former member of Red Trinity, ally of The Flash, employee of Kapitalist Kouriers)
* Bolshoi (Martial artist and dancer with superhuman agility, 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, niece of Pozhar, a telepath leader of Soyuz, a group of teen heroes)
* Fusion (Three men known only as One, Two, and Three that can combine their bodies into a single superior form, from The Outsiders vol. 1 #23-24)
* Hammer (metahuman possessing super strength, member of the People's Heroes, and husband of Sickle)
* KGBeast (Anatoli Knyazev, an assassin)
* Molotov (Explosives expert and a metahuman that can self-destruct to cause an explosion and regenerate thereafter, potentially other worldly, and 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 and former Rocket Red recruited by the Red Shadows)
* Pravda (A powerful telepath with a variety of mental abilities, member of the Peoples Heroes)
* Proletariat (Boris Mikhail Dhomov, a 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 (Dedicated to the protection of 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 and is able to generate intense cold)
* Stalnoivolk (Super strength, damage reduction, leaping, and Member of the Red Shadows)
* Tundra (Strong and able to generate a pulse wave of intense cold - Member of the Global Guardians)
* Valentina Vostok (Formerly Negative Woman of the Doom Patrol)
* Vikhor (Feodor Piotrovich Sorin, member of Soyuz. Spins while reducing his gravity, creating a whirlwind to float in.)

### Wildstorm (ABC/Homage)

* Void (Adrianna Tereshkova of WildC.A.T.S.)
* Void (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)
* Anole (Victor Borkowski)
* Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff of the Avengers)
* Black Widow (Yelena Belova, current team leader of the Thunderbolts)
* Blind Faith (Alexi Garnoff, leader of the Russian Exiles and underground group of Mutants. He created the Underground Mutant Safe System and lost his powers during the Decimation.)
* Bora (A mutant who could create intense cold. She lost her powers after M-Day)
* Colossus (Piotr Rasputin of the X-Men)
* Concussion (Mikhail, a mutant from the Russian Exiles, deceased)
* Crimson Dynamo (Professor Anton Vanko, deceased)
* Crimson Dynamo (Boris Turgenov, deceased)
* Crimson Dynamo (Alexander Nevsky, deceased)
* Crimson Dynamo (Yuri Petrovich, exiled to Siberia)
* Crimson Dynamo (Dmitri Bukharin, now known as Airstrike)
* Crimson Dynamo (Colonel-General Valentin Shatalov, worked for the Red Skull)
* Crimson Dynamo (unknown)
* Crimson Dynamo (Gennady Gavrilov, possibly retired)
* Crimson Dynamo (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, a Russian Super-Soldier, is a genetically-engineered cosmonaut with psychic abilities. He restored Wolverine's memories.)
* Fantasma (Member of the People's Protectorate)
* Gargoyle (Yuri Topolov)
* Gregor Smerdyakov (a mutant who becomes a sentient tree)
* Gremlin (Kondrati Topolov, formerly of the Soviet Super-Soldiers, deceased)
* 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 U.S.)
* Magik (Illyana Rasputina, member of New Mutants and ruler of Limbo)
* Mentac (Mutant from the Russian Exiles, possessed a fifth-level brain capable of computer-like analysis, deceased)
* Mikhail Nikolaievitch Rasputin (A mutant who was the older brother of Colossus of the X-Men and Magik of the New Mutants. He was a former Russian cosmonaut, a superhero, a supervillain, and a presumed messiah. Deceased.)
* Mikula (Mikula Golubev, Mutant telepath and telekinetic, member of the Bogatyri)
* Mind singer (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 Ghost
* Red Guardian (Aleksey Lebedev, WWII hero)
* Red Guardian (Alexei Alanovich Shostakov, former husband of Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow. Faked his own death.)
* Red Guardian (Dr. Tania Belinsky, now mutated into the being known as Starlight)
* Red Guardian (Josef Petkus, now calls himself Steel Guardian as a member of the Winter Guard)
* Red Guardian (Krassno Granitsky, ally of Maverick)
* Red Guardian (Anton, deceased)
* Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich, Spiderman Villain, Member of the Sinister Six)
* 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 are two Mutates who merge to become Synthesizer.)
* Titanium Man (Boris Bullski)
* The Russian
* Ursa Major (Member of the Winter Guard, formerly with Soviet Super-Soldiers)
* Vanguard (Member of the Winter Guard, brother of Darkstar)
* Wasp (Nadia van Dyne)
* Whiplash (Anton Vanko)

### 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 paranormal.

## Other publishers
### Fleetway / Rebellion

* Nikolai Dante (Thief and adventurer, bonded with a techno-organic device called a Weapons Crest.)

### Harvey

* Tanya (A member of War Nurse's Girl Commandos)

### 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

* Comrade 7 (A heroine with a fan club)

### 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)
* Red Star (Teen Titans TV)
* Rocket Red (Justice League Unlimited)
* 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.