Boris Dikov

### Weapons

Mosin Nagant M1891 (Bolt-Action Rifle)Mosin Nagant M1891/30 with PU Scope (Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle)

Nagant M1895 (Double-Action Revolver)

### Vehicle

Papa's Truck

Boris Dikov was a red army Sniper and brother of Vladamir Vladamirovich Dikov, who fought in ww2.

## Early Life

Boris would grow up in Storozhevoe-Vtoroe (Сторожевое-Второе), a small rural town in Russia, with his younger brother Vladamir. Boris would believe that they had a strong rivalry with one another, however this was far from the truth. Boris was very jealous and spiteful of his brother whenever he would do something better than him. Boris would spend his free time hunting, fending the family's chickens from foxes or practicing his shot with his farther's rifle, trying to prove himself to be the more manly son. But as fate would have it, almost everything Boris would attempt to achieve, His brother would undermine him through pure luck, and almost never noticing. A good example of this, is Boris' attempt to woo his love interest, only for almost all the girls in the village to fall for Vlad, despite him taking no notice to their advances.

## Entering the war

In 1939 the Soviet Union invaded Finland. Boris' brother, Vlad, would join up in the military at just 16 years old, shortly after this Boris decided to sign up too, seeing it as a sort of challenge by his brother.

## Battles

### The Winter War (1939)

Boris would start his service in the military in 1939 shortly after his brother Boris enlisted into the Red Army. Boris would first see combat in Finland showing to be quite a superb shot with his rifle, however due to the short length of the inital conflict, Boris didn't get much of a chance to prove himself enitrely.

### Operation Barbarossa (1941)

In 1941, Germany began its invasion of the Soviet Union. Boris was caught in the seemingly endless retreat of the red army, as the Nazi forces pushed their way deeper into Russia. During this time Boris' marksmanship was recognized by his officers and he was given the role of Sniper, with his younger brother Vlad, being put in charge of boris as his sniper and commanding officer.

### Stalingrad (1942-1943)

In 1942, Boris and Vlad would see deployment in the city of Stalingrad, where he would begin to experience the true horrors of war and be forced to forge a stronger bond with his brother as they fought for their life in the bloodiest battle in history.

### Kursk (1943)

In 1943 after Stalingrad, Boris and his brother would begin fighting closer to home, defending the Belgorod region close to Kursk. Here, Boris would sneak towards their home after so long of being away in hopes of seeing his family as the red army prepared for the German advance. However his family was no where in sight. Most of the belongings in the house were gone except for a single jar of pickles, that sat ontop of the fireplace. At this point, the Germans began their advance, Boris took the jar and made a mad dash back to their lines, pickle jar in hand. He would make it back safely in time for the defense of Prokhorovka. Boris would keep the jar of pickles through the war seeing it as a good luck charm and a symbolic reminder of home.

## Death

Boris' death is not entirely known, but he was killed during combat during the battle of Berlin. It is said it was during a charge out of a destroyed apartment complex, lead by a zealous and quite insane NKVD officer.

## Personality

Boris was a very jealous and easily agitated man, he showed great envy towards his Brother for his higher rank within the army and often despised the equipment on the battlefield, often blaming his own poor luck or skill on the weapons he was given. Through the course of the war, Boris would learn the values of family and brotherly love. By the end he would come to appreciate and care for his brother more than he ever has due to facing his own and brothers mortality in battle.

Standard UniformWinter CoatSnow UniformPapa's Truck's wreckage outside the Dikov homeBoris at a church in KharkovBoris' lucky pickle jarA man inspects Boris' pickles