About Me
Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin is a Stalinist GRU colonel who attempts to seize control of the Soviet Union by deposing Nikita Khrushchev and installing Leonid Brezhnev and Aleksei Kosygin in his place (He is a member of the extremist Brezhnev faction of the Soviet army). He has inherited a large sum of money from his father (Boris Volgin), who was in charge of managing and laundering the $100 billion fund that would come to be known as the Philosopher's Legacy. He hopes to use this fund and the superweapon Shagohod to gain world dominance. He established a major military fortress in Groznyj Grad where the Shagohod could be developed. He, whilst capturing the Shagohod, is responsible for detonating the nuclear explosion (by using a Davy Crockett projectile) in Tselinoyarsk.Volgin is a giant of a man, at well over six feet tall, and is known throughout the Soviet Union as a brutal, cold-blooded sadist. His most distinguishing feature is the scars on his face, which he burnt by himself. He thoroughly enjoys torturing prisoners, and is even said to remove their blindfolds before he beats them to death. Volgin is bisexual, as can be seen by his relationships with both Major Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov and Tatyana. Apparently, he is deathly afraid of tree frogs, as they remind him of water. He is also known for having problems with glowing mushrooms.During World War II, he took part in the Katyn massacre, in which the Soviets murdered over 25,000 Polish citizens. Also, during WWII, Volgin was behind Soviet ranks, waiting to catch any deserting troops, and punish them by death.His body carries an electrical charge of ten million volts. Throughout his battles, he uses a number of powerful electrical attacks, including shooting lightning bolts at will. He is also shown manipulating cartridges by using his electrical powers to ignite the powder in the casing. A technique he uses is to hold rifle cartridges between his fingers or in his palm, and then uses an electrical jolt to shoot them like a gun. He can protect himself from gunfire by surrounding himself with a strong electromagnetic field as well. Because of these abilities, Volgin is known in the West as Thunderbolt.He is killed during Operation Snake Eater. Following a grueling fight with Naked Snake, his body is immolated after being struck by a bolt of lightning during a storm, summoned by The Sorrow. The lightning bolt makes him catch on fire, which causes the gunpowder inside the cartridges in his ammobelts to explode, eventually killing him.During the first fight with Volgin, it's possible to earn the COLD WAR camouflage by depleting all his stamina. Although its bright colors make the outfit useless for camouflage, it has the effect of making most enemy soldiers hesitate from attacking the front (which coincidentally bears the Soviet flag design).Volgin's catchphrase:Throughout the game, Volgin uses the Japanese phrase "Kuwabara, Kuwabara!", which when translated to English means 'mulberry field'. According to Chinese legend mulberry trees are not struck by lightning. When Volgin says Kuwabara twice, it is presumed he is attempting to ward off lightning.(From Wikipedia)..
