Nikolai Belinski

Nikolai Belinski (Russian: Николай Белинский) was a Red Army soldier who fought in World War II. He appears in Shi No Numa and Der Riese. He is voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Biography
Stalin himself cannot stare Nikolai in the eye, no one can. For in his eyes you see the soul of a man burning with a hatred of all things living. His closet is full of skeletons, many of them with the flesh still attached. Before the war, Nikolai quickly made his way up through the party ranks by killing the next man in line, and by marrying politically. His aspirations all came crashing down after his fifth wife mysteriously died while cleaning Nikolai’s axe with her neck. Little did he know that she had been sleeping with a high ranking party official on the side. After her tragic demise, Nikolai’s reputation spread quickly through the party, and it wasn’t long before Stalin himself had heard about the psychopathic politician who killed anything that came within 5 feet of him. As soon as the war started, Nikolai was dropped at the front line and forgotten about, where he wallowed in self pity and Vodka for several years.

With many weapons in his arsenal, not least of which is his breath, Nikolai Belinski can look death in the eye and say “I know you”.

Nikolai seems to be the comic relief of Shi No Numa and Der Riese. He is constantly referring to Communism, Vodka, and Russia in his quotes.

Quotes
See also: Shi No Numa/quotes, Der Riese/quotes

Trivia

 * along with dempsey he is killed by the zombies in der riese
 * Nikolai Belinski bares a striking resemblance to Chernov, though they are from different families and they are nothing alike in personality. This is probably just Treyarch reusing Chernov's in-game model.
 * One of Nikolai's quotes in the zombie map Shi No Numa when he gets a sniper rifle (or rarely the PPSh-41), is "Vasili would be proud". It May refer to the Call of Duty 2 character, Vasili Koslov, but it is more likely a reference to the famous Russian sniper, Vasili Zaytsev.
 * It is currently unknown why or how he is in the middle of a swamp in the Pacific. Possibly he was dropped at the front lines to end the Zombie threat or maybe was part of Operation August Storm, Soviet Union's invasion of the Japanese-controlled Manchuria.
 * It is interesting that Nikolai always pairs up with Richtofen, in the trailers as they are direct enemies.
 * Nikolai seems to have no respect for Takeo Masaki, as in Der Riese, he makes quotes such as "We should watch Takeo, there's something wrong with that boy" or "Maybe Takeo is a zombie, I mean, how can you tell?"
 * Before the war, he was apparently a Carpenter, because when you get the Carpenter power up, he says "I used to be a carpenter", which explains, somewhat, why he owned an axe.
 * It is revealed that Nikolai killed his first 2 wives with the Double-Barreled Shotgun and the PPSH-41, and his third wife with the PTRS-41. He says that his first wife was a bitch, but he said that when he killed his second wife, she thought it was an accident. His fifth wife is possibly the only wife he killed without a gun.
 * One possible reason for Nikolai being rude to Takeo is the Russo-Japanese War, which the Russians lost, and also World War II itself when Soviet Union and Japan were enemies.
 * He commonly makes quotes about vodka, showing that he is a drunkard.
 * His character is a lot like Henry VIII, as he killed five of his wives, and he beheaded his fifth wife.
 * He was apparently a hunter before the war, as one of his quotes when he gets the teddy bear is "In Russia, I kill bears TEN TIMES your size!".
 * Nikolai seems to be the only one of the playable characters who doesn't directly disrespect Dempsey. It is clear Richtofen doesn't like Dempsey, and Takeo's quote "My gun is like Dempsey's head. Empty!".