Volume 1: The Beginning

The Beginning

**The Beginning** is the First Volume of the **Toxic Soviets Comic Series**, specifically the first Canon Comic Volume, marking the beginning of the Historical Toxic Soviets Comics.

## Media

The Beginning-2Full comic dub of volume 1 covering the entire book**FULL VOLUME:** https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ugvBMEAuDmx0dHnDmhRnfAawQ1tBCMmL/view?usp=sharing

## Summary

Heydar Aliyev, a Turkish carpet-seller trying to make a name for himself in the world, arrives in the newly established USSR in its early phases of the Two Month Plan after an arduous journey. After tripping and falling down from a snowy hill, he comes across a monstrous being in a cave known as the Unverified and a mysterious glowing medal before eventually being saved by Babush Iskads, a Soviet Border Guard who guides Heydar on the dos and don'ts of the USSR. Upon finally arriving at Moscow, the nation’s capital, he bumps into Faded Escobar, a corrupt Soviet politician who tries to scam Heydar off his money through attempting manipulation. Though after Faded is spotted, they both get chased down by an angry mob of people once scammed by Faded, and though Faded escapes through the use of his mysterious ability known as a perm, Heydar is forced to fight back against the anarchists, which now leaves Heydar devastated and knocked out with his all valuable belongings stolen from him despite his efforts to fight back.

## Overview

Heydar Aliyev, a weary Turkish carpet seller trying to make a name for himself in the world goes on an arduous journey for the USSR and its capital Moscow, dubbed "The City of Dreams". Heydar goes through the snowy Khimkhi forest, where he eventually finds a sign that points to Moscow alongside a hidden toxic warning sign behind it which he doesn’t see. Heydar jumps in excitement, but he steps on a tree branch, trips and falls from a snowy hill, where he eventually ends up on the ground in front of a dark cave.

In the cave, a mysterious medal known as the Heydar Aliyev Order jumps to him and starts glowing, much to Heydar’s shock. On top of that, Heydar comes across a monstrous being known as the Unverified, and specifically an Unverified Shaman that demands the medal is returned to him, scaring Heydar in the process. The beast is eventually shot down by Babush Iskads, a Soviet Border Guard that tells Heydar what that creature was and goes on to guide him on the dos and don'ts of the USSR. He also tells him about the air’s toxicity and the strange abilities that one can develop if the contaminated atmosphere gets to him. These abilities are known as perms. This shocks Heydar, but Babush eventually runs off and leaves, leaving Heydar at the front of the gates to Moscow. There, Heydar gets emotional when he finally arrives and recalls the memories of his family, who kicked him out of his house in Turkey so that he finds a job and becomes successful in the world. The flashback also shows a recruitment poster for the USSR as part of the Two Month Plan, a poster that Heydar finds and decides to set his destination to Moscow.

Initially optimistic and joyful, Heydar suddenly bumps into a man by the name of Faded Escobar, a corrupt Soviet Official who, after figuring out Heydar was a newcomer, immediately goes on to try and scam him off his money by manipulating him. Heydar denies and he’s shocked by Faded’s eccentric character, but Faded is eventually spot by an angry mob of people that he once scammed, many of them including anarchist thugs. Heydar and Faded run off as fast as they can (though Heydar is not sure why he’s involving himself), but they are eventually cornered by the mob in an alleyway. The Leader of the anarchist group threatens Faded to not move anywhere, but Faded reminds them that they won’t want troubles with the Government. The anarchist immediately goes on to bash Faded’s skull in with his baseball bat, however Faded quickly used his perm and faded away, turning himself into thin air and teleporting at the top of a building, where he eventually disappears. This leaves Heydar surrounded by them, and due to him running with Faded and joining him, the mob suspects that he’s involved in his scams, despite Heydar saying otherwise.

The anarchists demand that Heydar gives them all he has, but Heydar decides to fight them off. He is eventually attacked by each of them and severely knocked down, with all his belongings, including his gold coins and carpets, falling off along with him. The mob immediately spots them and goes on to steal them, but they are halted by Heydar when he demands that they return the items to him and that he made a promise to not return to his family as a nobody. The anarchist denies and goes on to leave, but he is eventually attacked by Heydar, whose medal was suddenly activated and caused his arm to glow and grow 10 times stronger than it was before, effectively knocking the man out before the eyes of the rest of the mob, who watches in shock. The anarchists than pick up their leader and run off immediately, with Heydar’s stolen stuff going off with them. Heydar starts regretting his decision and sees that all his belongings have been taken away from him, leaving him in the middle of the alleyway shouting in grief as he is only left with his journal.

## Trivia

* Volume 1 is the only comic that was rewritten and remade entirely. This was done to create a better plot that’s more consistent with the rest of the series.
* The Unverified shaman outfit is based off of an actual Siberian shaman outfit.
* The medal shown is called the Heydar Aliyev Order.
* The Moscow depicted represents Pre-Industrial Moscow (before the 2 Month Plan).
* The angry mob is loosely based off of Antifa organizations.
* With the comic’s remake, its approval would skyrocket from 10.3% to 21.6%, putting it tied to Volume 3 as the second most approved volume.