Dimitri Mayakovsky

Dimitri "Dima" Mayakovsky (Russian: Дмитрий "Дима" Маяковский) is the deuteragonist in the singleplayer campaign of Battlefield 3 and the main protagonist of its novelization, Battlefield 3: The Russian, as well as a supporting character in Battlefield 4. He was a special forces operative working with the Spetsnaz GRU.
In Battlefield 3, he was modelled after Oleg Taktarov and voiced by André Sogliuzzo, who also voiced the Father in Doom Eternal's Ancient Gods DLCs, Camo in the Skylanders series, King Bumi in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Sideswipe in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, while in Battlefield 4, he was voiced by and modelled after Pasha Lychnikoff.
==Biography==
Dima is a Russian GRU agent who attempts to stop the People's Liberation and Resistance operatives from detonating a nuclear bomb in the heart of Paris.
According to articles, Dimitri is a "cleaner" for the Russian intelligence agency, GRU, and will do whatever it takes to complete the mission. He used to be part of the Russian Spetsnaz and the Vympel Unit.
====Going after Kaffarov====
On November 9th, 2014, Dima, Kiril, and Vladimir participated in a GRU operation in northern Iran to capture Amir Kaffarov, a Russian arms dealer, who stole three suitcase-sized nukes from the Russian government and sold them to a man named Solomon.
After infiltrating Kaffarov's villa and battling through his bodyguards, Dima manages to capture Kaffarov as he was about to make an escape via a Ka-60 Kasatka. Dima was able to extract from him information about Solomon's plan to bring the United States and Russia to war with each other by detonating the nukes in Paris and New York, which would happen "very soon".
====Comrades====
Dima later encountered United States Marine Staff Sergeant Henry Blackburn and tells him about Solomon's plot. He convinced Blackburn to work together to stop the attack in New York, while Dima and his unit would attempt to stop the attack in Paris.
Despite his unit's best efforts, Dima's mission in Paris ended in failure, and, as a result, is diagnosed with radiation poisoning, Dima then starts to show the early symptoms of it; this is shown by the peeling of skin on his forehead. He later began writing about both his and Blackburn's efforts to stop Solomon from "setting fire to the world." Dima stated that he had dutifully served Russia, trying to make a difference in the world, while recognizing that Moscow may not view this the way he did. As he finished writing, he examined a nearby pistol, and recalled what his teammate Vladimir had told him some time before the events of the game: "You can only die once. Make sure it is worth it," before hearing a knock his door, and loaded the pistol as the screen cut to black. 
====Events of Battlefield 4====
During the year 2020, it is revealed that Dima had been imprisoned in the same facility as Recker and Irish for being falsely implicated in the Paris nuclear bombing. He talked of having survived the event in Paris six years prior and ses out to help Irish and Recker escape, though he stated they were the ones doing him the favor.
Hannah later rescued the three and they managed to get to a cable car, but the car was shot and severely damaged by a helicopter, resulting in the car tumbling down the mountain. The members of Tombstone survived, but Dima was killed when the cable car fell on top of him, with Irish remarking that he had at least died a free man.
==Gallery==
Dima meeting Blackburn.webp|Dima meeting Blackburn in Kaffarov's villa.
Mayakovsky Writing.webp|Dima in Battlefield 3's end cutscene, writing while suffering from radiation poisoning.
DimaBF4.webp|Dima meeting Recker.
==Trivia==
*Dima, Vladimir, and Kiril are the only characters who speak Russian in the missions "Comrades" and "Kaffarov," barring the one line that Kaffarov himself says. However, in "Kaffarov" when he meets Blackburn, he speaks in English.
*It is possible Dima is the prisoner who assists Kovic by giving him a shiv (similar to how Recker receives a shiv from Dima) while he is imprisoned in the novel Battlefield 4: Countdown to War.
*His third-person model in Battlefield 3 is the Russian Recon outfit, minus the headset and balaclava, along with US Engineer leg models.
*In the mission, "Kaffarov", he is seen in first person wearing an olive green Gorka suit, but when Blackburn encounters him he is wearing a black sweater.
*In the mission "Comrades", he wears the same suit in first person view, even though his teammates wear black ops sweaters.
*Dima is the only playable character to meet and talk with another playable character - Henry Blackburn in Battlefield 3, and Daniel Recker in Battlefield 4. Though not playable, Kovic does this as well.
*Before the events of Battlefield 3, Dima trained Solomon after finding him fighting the Soviets during the Soviet-Afghan War.
*According to Battlefield 3: The Russian, Dima was born in Moscow, trained the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky and the Order of Saint Andrew.
*Dima is fluent in English, Arabic, Persian, and French, as well as his native language, Russian. He may be able to understand Chinese, as he knew what the soldier said when he was in the control room in Kunlun Mountains.
* The serial number on his dog tag (780411) appears to be his birthday, April 11, 1978. He would be 36 years old during the events ofBattlefield 3 (2014), and 42 years old in Battlefield 4 (2020).
*Dima's appearance is dramatically different in Battlefield 4, due to being modeled on a different actor. His appearance in Battlefield 4 is much closer to that of Solomon from Battlefield 3. This is possibly influenced by the novel Battlefield 3: The Russian, where it is indicated that he is close enough in appearance to Solomon that the two can be mistaken for each other.
*Interestingly, Oleg Taktarov, whom Dima was modeled after in Battlefield 3, and Pasha Lychnikoff, who voiced Dima in Battlefield 4, have both acted together in the 1997 film Air Force One. In the film, both Taktarov and Lychnikoff played prison guards who begrudgingly escort genocidal dictator Radek out of his cell near the film's climax.
*An unlockable portrait of Dima can be unlocked for Battlelog through Battlepacks.
*Dima was born in Leningrad, USSR.
*In Battlefield 3 it's, stated that Dima is in mid forties, however his dog tags in Battlefield 4 say that he was born in 1978 making him only 36 years old during the events of the game.
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