Vladmir Ovechkin is a 24 year old government worker from St. Petersburg, and is married to Svetlana Sharapova. He is very loyal to Czar Nicholas II. He is against the Bolshevik uprising and any attempt at a revolution. He despises Lenin and his Marxist views, but more than anyone he can not stand Rasputin for destroying the monarchy and he has a plot to kill both of them, although they have no affiliation with each other. Clearly he has strong conservative political views. Although he fails to kill them and the revolution eventually succeeds, he puts up a great fight which is described in his letters to his friend Igor who immigrated to the United States with hope for a better life. He had amazing foresight and sensed the problems in Russia before most people did.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/nicholas_ii.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/prof_vladimirlenin.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/rasputin.htm
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This is an interesting point of view, since most would choose to look at the revolutionary side to changes in Russia. That your character has such extensive plots against the revolutionaries is fun as well. This man is not at all passive and is willing to fight to keep things the way he likes them. Nice alter-ego.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nicole. My character supported Lenin and his crowd, so it would be interesting to read letters from a different perspective. I like that he is willing to fight and even kill for his beliefs. I'm wondering what would happen if he had succeeded.
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