Illya Kuryakin

### Affiliation

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Committee for State Security (KGB), Council of People’s Commissars

### Occupation

People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs - Chief of the KGB

## Appearances

### Debut

Volume 4: Noreaga’s Dungeon

**Illya Kuryakin** is a Character in the **Toxic Soviets** Comic Series. He serves as the People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs and ultimately the Chief of the Committee for State Security (KGB). This also makes him the boss of Joseph Konstantin and Ludvik Svoboda.

## Toxic Soviets Events

### Volume 4: Noreaga’s Dungeon

Illya first appears in the beginning of the Fourth Volume as the Chief of the KGB and ultimately the boss of Joseph and Svoboda, who he is seen giving in introduction to regarding their entrance in the KGB and later on to the usage of **perms**, stating that one can find his perm through his interests and talents after being asked by Heydar, who asks more questions that are eventually ignored.

After Leon decides to pursue a diplomatic approach towards Eastern Europe and Soviet dominance over it, Illya is tasked with sending in Officers Joseph and Svoboda to the diplomatic mission alongside Heydar and Grill, bringing them to the room of the Central Committee so they are informed of their duty. The next day before the flight, Illya gets increasingly mad at Svoboda for not showing up and eventually the flight goes on without him as Illya salutes the Officers. Svoboda eventually shows up after the helicopter has left, and both react carelessly when greeting eachother, with Illya also being passive-aggressive.

## Personality

Illya is an experienced man in the field of State Security, with knowledge over the job and perms (as seen by the demonstration of his own perm). He usually has a tired though at times passive-aggressive, careless and ironic attitude as seen through his interactions with his subordinates, and alongside that he is of course loyal to Leon and well-informed on his duties as Boss and Government Official. He is somewhat lazy, but is described as a fierce opponent to face with great knowledge over perms, combat and espionage.

## Relationships

#### Heydar

Though the two don't interact much, Illya is initially annoyed at Heydar, when he eagerly asks a question about perms in the beginning of Volume 4. After he answers his question, Illya denies Heydar's next question. The last time the two are seen together is during the Central Committee meeting, where Leon demands that the countries in between the USSR and Europe be crushed. Heydar suggest going on a diplomatic mission to send them an ultimatum, and Leon accepts his plan. Illya then summons Svoboda and Joseph to go on the mission with Heydar as his bodyguards.

### Joseph

Being a newly recruited officer to the KGB, Illya explains to Joseph and Svoboda the power of perms. He says that perms "must be discovered through their unique interests." Illya's quota is later proven by Joseph when he draws a picture of a spider on the helicopter, and after Joseph crumbles the paper, the spider dies. The final interaction between Illya and Joseph is when Illya summons them to guard Heydar during his diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Poland.

### Svoboda

After being recruited into the KGB with Joseph after the two solved a crime scene in Volume 3, Illya shows Svoboda his fire-breathing perms, to which he is surprised about. Svoboda is later summoned alongside Joseph to be a bodyguard to Heydar during his diplomatic mission to Poland. However, Svoboda ends up showing up late to the flight and misses it, which leaves Heydar alone with Joseph and Grill. Illya is mad at this, and when Svoboda finally shows up and says hi to him, Illya responds with, "Good morning to you too bitch."

## Abilities

### Perms

Illya's perms allow him to breathe fire after inhaling a cigar. When he demonstrated this to Heydar, Joseph, and Svoboda, are immediately amazed by this. Illya explains that one must develop and discover their perms from their own unique interests. Joseph later discovers his perms in Volume 4 in Noreaga's Dungeon, when he drew a picture of a spider, which killed it, on the helicopter to Warsaw, Poland. This would prove Illya correct in his theory that they must find their perms through from their own unique interests, as Joseph painted in public before Faded recruited him for his coup of Wilhelm.