Kliment Novikov (Girls und Panzer)

## Kliment Kasparnovich Novikov

> *"You are not a hero, you are a coward."*
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> * Kliment to Sasha Dekervij
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## Profile

Kliment Kasparnovich is a member of the Pravda High School Naval Studies unit. He is a seaman often found in middle deck positions, monitoring service and metro levels of the ship. A recent transfer to Pravda, he is a former member of the St. Petersburg Naval School.

## Appearance

Kliment is a young boy with blue eyes, brown hair, and of short stature. He wears the Pravda green and reds, as well as the chestnut ushanka regularly, despite his main profession being in the Naval Studies. Otherwise, he can be seen wearing the blue and black sailors uniform that many of the Naval Studies students wear under the decks, especially for ceremonial events.

He also wears a pair of golden glasses. Usually, they're circular in shape, but may change in style depending on the time of day, and activities he has planned.

When first arriving at Pravda, it's noted that he was wearing the uniform of the Nakhimov Naval School in St. Petersburg. It can be inferred that Kliment was a member of the academy before his involvement in the Naval Studies.

## Personality

Kliment is a boring little sailor. He is

In the theme of personal relationships, it seems that the only people that he's close with include his inner circle of friends: Matvei, Natasha, Pavel, and Nikolai, all students of different schools back home. Kliment often blindly refers to them whenever giving examples about his life.

He often calls them diminutive nicknames, like Natyushka for Natasha, Pavelshka for Pavel, Kolya for Nikolai, and Mattinushka for Matvei.

Despite his superiority complex, Kliment is an intelligent being, pulling ingenious plans of encirclement around his enemies, and planning attacks with little thought in his head. He claims that his tactical skill is a direct inheritance from his grandfather, who had used the same methods in his book years prior.

## Background

Born in Rakvere, Estonia, Kliment had come from a long lineage of Russian and Estonian tankers, dating back as far as the Spanish Civil War. His grandfather, and his great grandfather before that had both been generals for the Red Army, both serving in Spain and in the Great Patriotic War as commanders for tank units. His grandfather had even been awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for his development in tank tactics used by Soviet forces during the Great Patriotic War.

Kliment's grandfather is apparently one of the founders of Modern Tankery in Russia, having brought back the technology from Germany in the early 1950s, after the war had ended. He had discovered it at an East German tankers convention, in where the sport of Panzerfahren had originated from. From that, he founded the first high school level tankery team, out of the Moscow Suvorov Artillery School (which would be later known as the Moscow Guards Suvorov School), with 2 converted T-34/85s, 2 T-34/76s, and 1 T-44. His father would attend the school in the early to mid-1970s.

His mother, Alyona Novikova, is the Minister for Transport back in Russia, and holds a position in the SovFed. His father is Kaspar Novikov, Hero of the Soviet Union, Afghan War veteran, and now Ambassador for Russia to the Republic of Estonia.

### Early Education

Kliment was a mid-achieving student, getting mediocre grades. It may be due to the fact that Kliment is often written off as lazy and a shortcut taker.

Kliment attended School No° 241 in St. Petersburg for his primary education. As it was a generic primary school, Kliment did not receive training in order to enter the field of Panzerfahren from the institution. Instead, Kliment attended tankery classes for girls, despite attempts by the Moscow Girls League to restrict him from attending the program, as he was not a girl.

He was placed as the driver of a T-70 when he was 8 years old, but quickly grew up to the position of commander when he turned 10.

Kliment was transferred to an all-boys team when he turned 11, participating in the Russian Solo competitions. As the gunner of a T-50, he competed under the St. Petersburg Naval School’s junior team. Kliment participated at the regional and national competition level multiple times, winning silver at 12, bronze at 13, and finally, gold at 14, as commander of his platoon of 5.

Kliment is somewhat considered a legend at the sport in Russia. Though not many know his name or face, hidden under his helmet and goggles, he is an ace at what he does, at the cost of his ability to understand the severity of certain topics, and his general lack of sensitivity.

### Pravda

Kliment entered Pravda after being expelled from the Leningrad Naval Academy at 15. He was told to rethink his decisions, and would spend the next few years studying in Japan. It was either this or the Guardsmen guys.

He rose the ranks and eventually would become a platoon commander there. He now holds a position as deputy of the NKVD (Nonna-Katyusha Victory Division) and spends his time surveying the Naval Studies aspect of the school. He is enrolled as a Naval Studies student.

## Trivia

* His first name, Kliment, is a reference to Kliment Voroshilov.
* His last name is a reference to Nicolai Novikov, Nonna's father from the Yukiyukite Senshadou doujin series.
* Kliment plays the accordion.
* Kliment's voice claim is Vasily Stalin from The Death of Stalin.
* His birthday is February 24th, the same as his grandfather, Artyom Novikov. This is a reference to Estonian Independence Day.
* His parents, and people in his close family, call him Klemetti, the Finnish version of his name.
* His favourite food is sült, known in Russia as kholodets.
* He is the same height as Joseph Stalin.
* He lived in Canada for a year, when he was in elementary school.