Alexei

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Born 1950s Deceased July 4, 1985 Age In the early 1930s Alias The Russian Scott Clarke (from Jim Hopper to Joyce Byers) Smirnoff (by Hopper) Traitor (by Grigori) Residence Russia (195?-1985) Hawkins, Indiana (1985) Other relationships

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Soviet Union (betrayed) Occupation Scientist

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Alexei was one of several Russian scientists who developed experimental technology designed to open gateways to an alternate dimension that Hawkins Laboratory had previously found in the US. After several attempts to open gateways within the Soviet Union failed, the country began a secret operation to infiltrate Hawkins, hoping to exploit any remaining traces of the original interdimensional incursion. Alexei was eventually relocated to a hidden base built beneath the Soviet-controlled Starcourt Mall, where the experimental machine eventually managed to create a stable gateway. He was a Russian scientist involved in developing experimental technology to open gateways to an alternate dimension, similar to what Hawkins Lab had previously encountered in the US. After several failed attempts to open these gateways within the Soviet Union, a secret operation was launched to infiltrate Hawkins, with the goal of exploiting any remaining traces of the original interdimensional incursion. Alexei played a crucial role in this operation. He infiltrated Hawkins, Indiana. The reason behind this was the previous interdimensional incursion that had occurred in the town. The Soviets were developing experimental technology to open gateways to this alternate dimension, similar to what Hawkins Lab had done in the US. However, their attempts to open these gateways within the Soviet Union had failed. They believed that Hawkins, being the site of a previous interdimensional incursion, was a weak point in the fabric of space-time that could be exploited by their technology, known as the Key. Thus, they began a secret operation to infiltrate Hawkins, hoping to exploit any remaining traces of the original interdimensional incursion.

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However, Jim's vehicle broke down in the woods. Hopper handcuffed Alexei to a tree, while Jim and Joyce attempted to fix the vehicle. While fixing it, Joyce attempted to communicate with Alexei, asking him about the magnets that had fallen off his refrigerator. Their conversation was confusing, because the Russian word for "car" is "machini", which Joyce interpreted as "machine". Jim needed Joyce's help with the car. When Joyce attempted to start the car, Alexei saw that the vehicle might explode and tried to warn Joyce and Hopper before it exploded. However, the vehicle exploded, leaving them without a vehicle. Later, they walked through the woods and when Alexei was a little behind, Jim pushed him forward and told him to catch up before seeing and hearing Joyce and Jim arguing. This caused Alexei to run away from them, prompting Jim to chase after him, and when Alexei stopped running, he and Jim saw the 7-Eleven store. They entered the convenience store, where Alexei grabbed a can of Coke and drank it before sneaking a cherry-flavored Slurpee mix. They left the store and found a man named Todd putting gas in his yellow convertible, which had the license plate "Todfather". Jim "requisitioned" the vehicle to transport a dangerous suspect, Alexei, whom he described as a "child killer". Jim, Joyce and Alexei drove off, leaving the stunned owner of the car standing at the gas station. Jim, Joyce and Alexei arrived at Murray's warehouse and were threatened with a double-barreled shotgun by Murray and in response told to "get that out of your face", while calling him a "bald American pig", causing Murray to tell him that, "I may be bald, but Alexei's the one in handcuffs" and call him "Soviet scum". Alexei entered the warehouse and was searched by Murray with a makeshift metal, before Joyce yelled at Murray, causing him to

Alexei communicates with Hopper and Joyce with the help of Murray, who is fluent in Russian. Alexei later explained that the reason for the secret Soviet presence in Hawkins was due to a device known as the "Key" that he and his colleagues were trying to build, but had failed to do so in Russia on numerous occasions. The "Key" was capable of opening a "door between worlds," Alexei's way of explaining the concept of a door to Murray. After drinking vodka, Hopper told Alexei that he would lead him to his Key, causing him to laugh and that Jim reminded him of a "fat Rambo" and revealed that the Key was "designed by the greatest Russian minds and guarded by their greatest warriors" and that getting in was impossible. After a while, Joyce wakes Alexei up and tells him that they needed to "vroom vroom, get back to Hawkins" and Hopper, Joyce, and Murray proceeded to return to Hawkins with Alexei, intending to close the Gate on the Russians. Later, Alexei, Murray, Hopper, and Joyce went to the Independence Day Fun Fair hosted by Mayor Larry Kline to look for Joyce and Hopper's children. Alexei thought he couldn't go to the Fun Fair because he wasn't American. Murray said he didn't have to be American to get in, and they both went into the Fun Fair. Alexei later won one of the carnival games and got a giant stuffed woodpecker. He was later shot by Grigori after he tried to defect to the United States and was briefly left unattended by Murray. Murray ran to a bleeding Alexei, hid him somewhere, and told him to keep pressure on his gunshot wound before bleeding to death.