Alexei Shostakov
Kapitan Alexei Alanovich Shostakov (a.k.a. Red Guardian)
Alexei Shostokov was not the first person to be given superhuman abilities by the Soviet government, but he was the first to be publically acknoledged, and is therefore generally cited as the Soviet Union's first (and to date, only admitted) Super-Soldier.
Unlike the women of the Red Room programme, who were created to be covert operatives, Shostokov was created to be the Soviet Union's answer to Captain America.
As part of an attempt to craft the image of Red Guardian as the fulfilling the ideal of Russian manhood, he was ordered to marry Natasha Romanoff. Both of them agreed to the marriage only under sufferance, and they divorced as soon as they were permitted to do so by their handlers.
He came into conflict with Leonid Brezhnev following Brezhnev's appointment as leader of the Soviet Union, leading first to his being decomissioned as a government superhero, and later to his arrest and imprisonment for treason. Subsequent governments repeatedly refused to pardon him, or even allow him to appeal his conviction, even the Soviet Union fell, and he remains inprisoned to this day.
In 2017, he was one of the Chosen Heroes transported by The Beyonder to Battleworld. While there, he fought and defeated (via misdirection) Bucky Barnes, finally making true his long-standing lie of having defeated Captain America. He also joined the final battle against the Beyonder.
After Eden Fesi returned the heroes to Earth, Shostokov was quickly caught and returned to prison, where he was annoyed to find that no one believed his story of having defeated Captain America, due to it having happened thousands of light years from Earth.
Physical Description
Special abilities
He possesses the super-human abilities typical among Super-Soldiers: enhanced speed, strength, endurance, durability, and reflexes, along with a regenerative healing factor.
Specialized Equipment
Red Guardian shield: In a deliberate mirror of Captain America, Red Guardian carried a shield both for defence and for use as a projectile weapon.
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Ethnicity
Birthplace
Nizhny Novgorod, Soviet Union
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Current Residence
Siberian Prison
Pronouns
He/Him
Gender
Male
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