Ivan Braginsky-HETALIA

Personality

Russia is the main character in the webcomic and anime "Khetalia: Axis Countries". In 2008, Himaruya gave human names to some of the characters, and he received the name Ivan Braginsky. Russia is the highest country in the world along with Sweden. Russia wears a long beige coat and gloves, green trousers and a long scarf. In the CD drama, when talking to Japan, he mentions that the scarf is a part of his body, and he cannot take it off, but this can only be an excuse, because his beloved sister Ukraine gave him this scarf as a child, and he wears it as a sign of love. Russia's hair is light brown, and her eyes are purple, although they originally had a blue color. Vanya has a cute baby face with a rather large nose and he usually carries a bottle of vodka, a pipe or a sunflower. The pipe usually holds an inviolable supply of food, which he hides there to eat later. Ivan's height is 182 cm. His approximate age is 32 years old.

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In the fourth volume of the manga, it was shown that Ivan can control the movements of his accessory and use it as an additional limb. In the drawing, the scarf was wrapped around sleeping allies: America's ankle and China's neck.Ivan is a big child, and, it would seem, like all children, he is innocent and generous, but with his enemies and those who are afraid of him, he can be childishly cruel. He never takes offense for a long time and always tries to find friends. The countries that are around him cannot be called friends. However, despite this, he believes that everyone is his friend. Sometimes Vanya doubts this and even once sent a letter to a French radio station asking how to make people love him. Ivan almost always smiles, but this smile does not always mean that he is having fun. In general, Russia is always on its mind, so it is almost impossible to understand it. He can intimidate anyone without saying a word — just with his smile, which enhances the aura of fear that always.

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But at the same time, as Lithuania once said, Russia is gentle and naive and scares not out of spite. Although he is capable of being incredibly cruel, he does not notice it himself. His description in the third volume says that Russia is not angry, but mad, like its younger sister Belarus. Since early childhood, Russia has seen a lot of tragedies and wars that have left an indelible imprint on his psyche. His childhood was troubled, violent, full of forced labor and intimidation. General Frost pursues him and attacks him every year, so Vanya hates the cold, but at the same time, in military conditions, Frost becomes the best ally. Because of this, Russia has a dream — to live in a warm place surrounded by sunflowers. Whenever he starts thinking about his sisters, one of whom shuns him and the other is obsessed with the idea of marrying him, Vanya becomes very depressed. This depression of Russia is considered by England as an "absolutely terrible omen."

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Russia greets people with a kiss on the lips. When Ludwig refused him such a greeting, Vanya became sad, offended, and was about to leave. It took Germany a lot of work to convince him to greet him in any way, just not in this way. Then Ivan said that he would blow him a kiss. If Russia is angered, he begins to pronounce the mantra "Count-Count-Count" and scare everyone with it. There are different ways to decipher this expression: Perhaps this is a threat to send to the collective farm. Tsar Ivan the Terrible's favorite method of execution was to be "impaled." Ivan most likely wishes his enemies a similar demise. The number-number-number is consonant with the Russian word "Bell", which was rung in case of impending danger. Another meaning is offered by Japanese fans of Hetalia: "kolkolkol" sounds like korukorukoru, which is consonant with "korosu" — murder. England accidentally called Russia instead of the devil, whom he wanted to use in the fight against America. In addition, Ivan, with his invincible energy, broke Busby's chair to Albion, which was a kind of murder weapon using a special dark force to take away life. This gave Arthur reason to think that Russia is the devil himself.

Family

Vanya has two sisters. The older sister is Ukraine (Olya), and there is a younger sister, Belarus (Natasha). Ivan is very afraid of his younger sister because of her obsession with marrying him.

Name.

His name was given in honor of Ivan IV, better known as the Terrible, or Ivan III, better known as the Great. The name "Ivan" was borne by 6 rulers of Russia, and it is also a typical folk name to this day. It is also the name of the main characters of Slavic fairy tales and legends. His surname, "Braginsky", is not exactly Russian. The ending -Ski is used in Polish surnames, -Sky is written in the surnames of people from both Poland and Siberia. In any case, such a surname is extremely rare. Russia, like Ukraine and Belarus, does not have a patronymic, which all residents of these countries have according to the old tradition.

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Ivan has three unique things: These are a scarf, a trumpet (sometimes a sunflower) and a medal. Each of them symbolizes a certain event or as a scarf is a distinctive element of Russian clothing. The medal is a kind of reward for the countless wars in which he participated, sometimes you can also notice a blood stain on it. The pipe was taken from Germany as a trophy, it also symbolizes that everyone who will fight with Russia is waiting for the "pipe". The pipe, which can often be seen in Russia, he himself calls a magic wand capable of solving any problem. Ivan's birthday is December 30th, coinciding with the day of the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Although another possible date for Russia's birthday is June 12th. This date corresponds to the day when, on June 12, 1990, the First Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation adopted the State sovereignty of the RSFSR. Russia Day is still celebrated on June 12. The instrumental part of his Marukaite Chikyuu is "Korobeyniki", a Russian folk song popular outside of Russia due to its use in Tetris. In response to a fan's question, Himaruya said that Russia does not know about its cruelty. While the flag used for Russia is Soviet in most web comics, manga, as well as anime and merchandise, I decided to use the standard Russian flag. The Russian transcription and pronunciation of his name, "Vanya", is used in numerous fan works. The coat worn by Russia is the coat of the Red Army military. In the third additional booklet of the manga, it was stated that Russia was conceived as a dark-haired, middle-aged man who was quite meek and could cry over nothing, but became completely different after drinking vodka. However, Himarue did not like this character and appearance, and he rewrote the design of Russia from scratch. In the first volume of the manga, it was noticed that Russia's heart was jumping out of its chest.