—Larisa MishchenkoThat man had many lovers, Piotr. And they included our great-grandmother, Elena. All of these victimes were descended from the same man. Our great-grandfather... the holy devil. The dark one, the doom of old Russia... Grigory Efimovich Rasputin.
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
- Larisa Mishchenko (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Kirill (First appearance)
- Ivan (Photo) (First appearance)
- Elena (Photo) (First appearance)
- Elena’s baby (Photo) (First appearance)
- Grigory Rasputin (Photo)
- Dimitriy (First appearance; dies)
- Klara (First appearance; dies)
- Konstantin (First appearance; dies)
- Yuri (First appearance; dies)
- Grisha (First appearance)
- Yuri's Stepmother (First appearance)
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Other Characters:
- X-Men
- Tanya (First appearance; dies)
- Vladimir
- Valery Ivanov (Photo) (Deceased)
- Paul Khlebnikov (Photo) (Deceased)
- Alexei Sidorov (Photo) (Deceased)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputina) (Mentioned)
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Locations:
Items:
Events:
- Russian Revolution (Mentioned)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- Larisa's editor Viktor mentions three editors who had "the guts to publish" and are now dead: Paul Khlebnikov, of the Russian Forbes, died of gunshot wounds 9 July 2004; Valery Ivanov, of the Tolyatti Observer, shot dead 29 April 2002; and Alexei Sidorov, Ivanov's successor, stabbed to death 9 October 2003.