Nikolai Belinski

"A cute little trinket. Maybe there's vodka inside, eh?"

- Nikolai Belinski Sergeant Nikolai Belinski (Russian: Николай Белинский) is a Russian soldier who fought in the Red Army, and is a playable character in Zombies. His player indicator color is blue (shared with Robert McNamara and Robert Englund) but is randomized in Moon.

Biography
"Stalin himself cannot stare Nikolai in the eye, no one can. There, in his eyes, you will see the soul of a man burning with the hatred of all things living. His closet is full of skeletons, many of them with the flesh still attached.

''Early in his career, Nikolai had quickly made his way up through the party ranks by killing the next man in line, and by marrying politically. Ultimately, his aspirations all came crashing down after his fifth wife mysteriously died while cleaning his axe with her neck. Little did he know that she had been sleeping with a high ranking party official on the side. This made Nikolai infamous, and his reputation spread quickly through the party. It was not long before Stalin himself had heard about Nikolai. More importantly, he feared Nikolai. As soon as the war started, our hero was dropped on the front lines and forgotten about, where he wallowed in self pity and vodka for several years.''

There are many weapons in his arsenal, not least of which is his breath."


 * — Nikolai's biography added with Map Pack 2 in Call of Duty: World at War.

Letter
"December 10th - 1917 Reports from the area suggest the Kaiser's War Machine may be gearing up to unleash something unlike anything we have seen before...''"
 * ''It appears my current exile from the motherland may prove fortuitous. I have received orders to undertake a vital mission in Northern France.
 * — Nikolai Belinski



"February 23rd - 1918 The people of France share my hatred and contempt for the Hun. They have been very kind to me on my journeys; offering me food, shelter and other more worldly comforts. It is a great relief that even amongst the madness of war, I may still find moments of joy in the arms of a good woman…''"
 * ''Despite the abdication, my country remains gripped by Civil War. Reds and Whites battle for power as I am forced to watch helplessly from afar. Despite the March treaty, many among us do not expect lasting peace… Our memories will not allow us to forget the tens of thousands of souls lost at Tannenberg… This war remains a threat to all our futures…
 * — Nikolai Belinski

Personality
Nikolai seems to lack intelligence as revealed from various amount of quotes. He tends to crack jokes, intentionally and unintentionally. He seems to not care about his physical appearance and smell. However, at the darkest of times, he can also be vigilant and appears to have a very big instinct of survival. He likes Dempsey, and tends to despise as well as appreciate Richtofen at times (until Moon), but he dislikes Takeo with pure hatred.

Origins
He seems to be fairly intelligent, and gets along and tries to cooperate with the people around him. He is much more serious.

Appearances

 * Nacht der Untoten (Call of Duty: Black Ops version only)
 * Verruckt (Call of Duty: Black Ops version only)
 * Shi No Numa
 * Der Riese
 * Kino der Toten
 * Ascension
 * Call of the Dead(Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies)
 * Shangri-La
 * Moon
 * Origins (Young version)

Trivia

 * Nikolai Belinski shares the same character model as Private Chernov.
 * Nikolai is an alcoholic and loves vodka; however, Richtofen suggests that the Element 115 used on him caused him to become an alcoholic. Further more, near the end of Moon, Takeo synthesizes that he drinks vodka to forget about his life.
 * Out of all three of the other characters, Nikolai shows the highest respect for Dempsey while he and Richtofen appear to have a strong friendship while having no respect for Takeo at all.
 * Before the war, he was a carpenter.
 * Nikolai is a Cossack and a Bolshevik
 * During the song that plays when the "115" Easter Egg is triggered in Kino der Toten, Nikolai will sometimes sing along to one of the verses in his own version of that part.
 * Nikolai's weapons of choice are the PPSh-41, FN FAL and H115 Oscillator.
 * Nikolai at one time in his life either lived or worked on a pig farm.
 * Nikolai's first-person model is Mason's from "Vorkuta". It does not match with his third-person model
 * Aside from his many wives, Nikolai's family includes:
 * A sister he refers to multiple times, who he hates.
 * A brother-in-law, who he also hates.
 * A daughter, who was noted to own a teddy bear.
 * He was married at least nine times, and murdered at least five of his wives. The first wife was killed with a shotgun, the second is by either a PPSh-41 or a PTRS-41, the fifth wife was killed by drowning. Only his fourth wife was confirmed to have escaped alive. Even then, another Ascension quote implies he chased this wife down, and promptly beat her to death with his own hands. He mentions having a seventh wife in Moon, which also means he had a sixth but has not mentioned killing either of them. It appears that his seventh wife is still alive, as one of his quotes in Moon states that he has to tell her about his new girlfriend. It is said at the end of the Richtofen's Grand Scheme Easter Egg that "wife number nine" and "his new girlfriend" has died when the Earth was destroyed.
 * After the player completes the Original Characters Trapped Easter Egg for the first time in co-operative, they will receive a gamer picture of Nikolai's profile card as seen in Shi No Numa's loading screen.
 * Nikolai is afraid of heights.
 * He may also have pithecophobia judging from his quotes when he gets the Monkey Bomb or when he kills monkeys on Ascension and Shangri-La.
 * His affection for Vodka refers to the Russian stereotype.
 * Based on his quotes from Shangri-La, he hates Stamin-Up.
 * In Moon, Nikolai seems to enjoy using the Gravity Lift.
 * Nikolai calls the FN FAL the "FNfalafel" and the "funful", similar to Dempsey calling the Wunderwaffe DG-2 the "Wonder Waffle."
 * Rarely when using the Pack-a-Punch Machine, he will sing the Quick Revive jingle.
 * Richtofen mentions Nikolai on Green Run, such as asking the survivors if they were going to mention vodka and even claiming he missed him.
 * In the Origins Intro Cinematic trailer, his last name was initially misspelled "Belinksi", but this has since been fixed.
 * He has fought in the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 making him the second longest serving soldier beside Takeo in the Call of Duty series with 31 years of service.
 * In Origins, Nikolai's appearance greatly resembles Victor Reznov