Zhukov

== About ==
Zhukov was a fisherman of Crimsonian descent and was the chief executive officer of Zhukov's Fisheries, a family business that he inherited following the death of his father at the hands of the St. Ark Federation government in 1975. He allegedly had connections with the Zarveda Security Defence, which was the intelligence agency for the People's Republic of Crimsonia. Eventually, the allegations of him being a Crimsonian spy led to his demise and death, when he fired a missile towards an Orange Airlines aircraft which had around 200 passengers, with the majority of them being Bistonian refugees. No details were ever made as to how and why he participated in the event, nor did anybody uncover Zhukov's motives behind the incident, as Zhukov was subsequently caught along with his family during a raid by the St. Ark Military Police, and was shot along with his family and workers without mercy.
Zhukov can be found and interacted with in the game, New Shingleton, 1989, on the rooftop of the abandoned Fort Luckworth. It is also the location where Zhukov launched the missile towards the Orange Airlines aircraft, which resulted in the deaths of the Bistonian refugees. The missile can be found set up on the rooftop, and a room set up by Zhukov can be found in the upper floors of the abandoned building.
== History ==
=== Early life ===
Zhukov was born somewhere around early 1941 in the Scattered Islands Archipelago to his father and mother. Zhukov's family along with his parents originated from when Zhukov's grandfather migrated from Crimmitonia to the Dominion of St. Ark in the 1910s, and constructed the family home which would later on become the beginning of a family business which often relied on fishing. He was the eldest son in the family and the oldest, with him being the heir to the inheritance of the family business. He was married to a woman named Marinka, whom he met allegedly from a tourist trip to the city of Ribolov on the island of Arshturn, but both Zhukov and Marinka would not bear any children until the late seventies and early eighties.
=== Before 1989 ===
In the year of 1974, the St. Ark Federation declared war on the Republic of Bistonia, beginning the events of the Federation War. As the Scattered Islands Archipelago was situated near the Bistonian border, Zhukov's father was devastated as a result of the war, and sales began dropping. Zhukov's father eventually witnessed the consequences of the war during his trips to Pesca after the gradual decline of his business, seeing starving children from the Bistonian border. Because of this, Zhukov's father attempted to help some of the children and provided them help, but was unfortunately led to his death as those from St. Ark had reported him to the authorities for alleged collaboration with the enemy. As the St. Ark Federation's policy tightened under the rule of Rodney Faron Lenn, and with an increasing authoritarian regime, the authorities from the St. Ark Federation had him simply executed by firing squad.
Zhukov was devastated at the sight of his fathers death by the authorities, and never managed to attend his fathers funeral. This, along with inheriting a business that was declining, apparently brought anger to Zhukov according to the locals, who interacted with those who were close to Zhukov. After the end of the Federation War, and with the chaos which eventually ensued, Zhukov's Fisheries gradually recovered after the events under the supervision of Zhukov, but it was also around this time that Zhukov was involved in activities along with the Zarveda Security Defence, which was a security agency for the People's Republic of Crimsonia. After the Crimsonian embassy siege in 1987, Zhukov's activities with the ZSD further increased, and he was selected as part of a team to attempt to infiltrate a plane with Bistonian refugees bound for a flight to Bistonia. 
Zhukov was also beginning to arouse suspicion as a result of his activities with the Crimsonian Zarveda Security Defence. Locals from the island of Seruditium had seen Zhukov as acting "too kind" and "suspicious", and according to the group of people belonging to SANDF on the abandoned Good Hope Correctional Facility, Zhukov was on the rooftop of the abandoned Fort Luckworth, where he had been spying on those with binoculars. Zhukov had stated earlier that they were just friends, but the leader of the remnant group at the abandoned prison said the opposite, claiming that Zhukov was a "creep". 
=== Events of November 15th 1989 and death ===
Prior to the events of November 15th, 1989, Zhukov was somehow preparing early for a Christmas event which he hosted for his colleagues and his family, and it was also around this time that Zhukov went to the abandoned Fort Luckworth, and had converted one of the rooms into a spot where he could contact with his other crew. It was here that according to those who were at the Good Hope Correctional Facility at the time, that Zhukov was apparently setting up equipment on the rooftop with 3 other men, which had normal apparel. The 3 men were not identified and subsequently further investigations into it went cold. The equipment would somehow turn out to be an old Crimsonian missile system, which was brought on from ZSD officials and those at the Georgi Dimitrov Military Base.
This was part of a plan to sabotage an aircraft which was bound on a flight to Bistonia, in response to the St. Ark Federation reopening its borders and allowing an influx of Bistonian refugees, and a crew of around 4 people would hold the entire plane hostage. This team would later on be identified as Bogdan Milen, Ivaylo Zahari, Luben Dimo, and Mladen Konstantin, who all had connections to the Zarveda Security Defence. However, their plan was unfortunately put to an abrupt stop, as the St. Ark Military Police suspected them and had them shot after they were subsequently apprehended in Tinkeraton, at a diner located next to the entrance of the New Shingleton International Airport. This eventually led to a change of plans, as Zhukov was now going to carry out a much more harsh situation for the refugees. By around 9:00 PM, Zhukov was on the rooftop of the abandoned Fort Luckworth building, where he was allegedly in contact with those at the Georgi Dimitrov Military Base, who gave confirmation on shooting down the plane. Then, by 9:30 PM, Zhukov launched the old missile directly towards the plane, after it had passed by the island of Pesca. As the plane exploded into pieces and crashed into the sea, Zhukov then fled the scene.
Not much would be known about Zhukov's activities after the aircraft exploded into pieces. Those who were spared from the executions said that Zhukov was somehow more quiet, and according to locals, the entire town and his house was quiet after the plane crashed into the sea. It wasn't until several hours later that the St. Ark Military Police subsequently began their rampage, raiding both Stanyslaviv and Petrusca Village, and eventually, Zhukov's Fisheries. Almost all of the inhabitants, which were of Crimsonian descent, were rounded up against the walls of the houses, and killed by firing squad, with most of them unaware of what even happened hours prior. Zhukov and his family were subsequently found, and were taken out of the family house. According to one personnel who was involved in the massacre, Zhukov seemed as if he accepted his fate and at the same time was scared for his own life. He was heavily beaten as his family watched, and were then rounded up against the wall in the backyard, along with his colleagues. 
Zhukov, his family, and his colleagues, all died as soon as the St. Ark Military Police began firing at them. Zhukov took around a dozen shots in the torso, and a fatal shot in the head, and was subsequently shot beyond the point where his entire body was riddled with holes. Zhukov's family met the same fate, and his three children were mangled beyond recognition, along with Zhukov's colleagues. Their bodies were not recovered, and in the morning, the aftermath was brutal. Those who survived the massacre witnessed Zhukov's corpse against the wall and the corpses of his three children and wife, completely riddled with holes. According to the few survivors, Zhukov's brain had "slipped" through the large cavity of his skull, and his entire torso was covered in bullet holes. His limbs were mangled as a result of the shots, and blood was seen everywhere in the backyard. The survivors eventually did not manage to recover the body, as the St. Ark Military Police recovered them and had them buried in an unknown location, somewhere possibly outside of Tinkeraton.