Boom-Boom

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## Boom-Boom

### Occupation

Russian Armed Forces Corporal (formerly) Russian Mafia Enforcer (formerly)

### Family

Nikolai (brother, deceased) Svetlana (sister, alive)

### People

Bruce "Boomstick" Kagan (friend) Taylor "Mindvault" Kendrick (crush)

### Weapons Used

Handmade Rocket Launcher
AK-47
M320A1 Grenade Launcher
Sickle Blade
Frag Grenades
Nail Bombs

**Greogri Ivanov**, aka ***"Boom-Boom"***, is a Russian native hailing from rural Siberia. Serving in the Russian Army as a grenadier, he was court-martialed for selling explosives on the black-market. The mafia offered him a way out of his charges, if he agreed to be an enforcer for them. He did, and after leaving to America following the end of his "contract" with the mafia, Ivanov moved out west.

After Dollar Flu, Ivanov followed rumors of a growing faction called The Jackals, and decided to join them, especially after the True Sons began moving into his hometown, and all but forcibly conscripting anyone with military experience into their ranks.

Eventually, he met up with a group of ex-LMB contractors who had recently joined the Jackals, and decided to follow them. Ivanov used his past career in the army to his advantage, as very few Jackals have genuine military training, let alone combat experience. He rose to become Security Warlord of Demolitions, and was given the moniker of "Boom-Boom", which he apparently does not like very much, and avoids going by it whenever possible.

He has a not-so secret crush on fellow Jackal "Mindvault", and will often try and perform explosive and dangerous stunts to impress them.

## Siberian Childhood

Greogri Ivanov's early life is the subject of fierce debate, with even beliefs that he had a different birth name. What is settled fact is that he was born in Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia, a province in Russia, known for it's untamed beauty, vast natural resources, and freezing winters.

Both of Ivanov's parents were involved in a then-popular nationalist movement within Siberia. So far away from the Russian capital and bigger cities to the east, the Siberian people had always endured throughout the centuries, surviving on their own stock and grit. They believed, with good reason, that Russia was exploiting them for their resources and for manpower for their army. This nationalist fervor soon turned to secession, and a large chunk of Siberia declared their independent status as the Siberian Republic. The military rolled in forces to retake the land, but were met with armed resistance.

What happened next, like much of Ivanov's life, is subject to various theories and rumors. Some say his parents and siblings were hardcore Siberian nationalists, but Ivanov, who had not bought into their ideals, threw his lot in with the Russian military. Others claim he was a foot soldier in the Siberian Wolves, a resistance group formed to contest the Russian invasion of their territory, and that his mother was their leader.

Whatever the truth, the outcome was the same. The Siberian Republic, despite putting up a bloody fight, lost. His parents died, as did his older brother Nikolai, although how is currently unknown, and depends on which version of the story you belief. Ivanov and his six-month younger sister Svetlana returned with the Russian military, alongside several other orphans and refugees of the conflict, and were resettled in St. Petersburg.