Svetlana 'Moscow' Kasianenko

Svetlana Москва Kasianenko


”I don't have a past
I just have a chance,
Not a family or honest plea remains to say”

I Feel Like We're Summoning The Devil

[/color]: Svetlana Ivanovna Kasianenko[/b]
Nickname/Alias: Sveta, Lana, Moscow, “The Kremlin”
Gender: Female
Character Type: Capital
Country or Country of Origin: Russia
Canon or Original: Original
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When I look into all of your stupid faces

I think how fun it will be to pound them into dust

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Hair: Sandy-Brown
Height and Weight: 5'8”; 156 pounds
Other Distinguishing Features: Three rather large burn scars on her chest from the three burnings, as well as a curving scar on her lower back from the Battle of Moscow.

Overall Appearance:

Svetlana is rather tall, at least for a woman. Not tall enough to cause people to give a second glance or stare, but tall enough that generally she needs to look down to meet someone's eyes. Sveta, however, rarely does meet others eyes, instead staring down at her feet and scrunching her shoulders up to look smaller. She's big boned, heavy-set but not particularly overweight. Her shoulders are on the broader side, but she is not particularly chesty.

Sveta's clothing is usually more Western than it used to be- she wears more jeans and sweaters than she did pre-Cold War. On occasion, she will wear skirts with shirts or jumper dresses as a throwback to when she wore sarafans and kosovorotka
on a regular basis. Generally she'll wear warm boots, lined with sheepskin. Her coat is made of wool and long, to about her knees. Coat weather also usually means she'll wear her knitted scarf and gloves, but no hat.

Sveta wears her hair in a bob to her jaw. She doesn't care much for long hair, she finds it to get in the way far to much. However, she wears her bangs a bit longer, just past her eyebrows (and therefore usually in her eyes).

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Man up or I'll beat you with my peace prize!

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• Russia
  
• Dogs
  
• (Behaved, polite) Tourists
  
• The Moskva river
  
• Books
  
• The Olympics
  
• Ballet
  
• Cars
  
• Cooking blini
  
• Listening (as opposed to speaking herself)
  
• Kvass
  
• The Circus
  
• Hand-written letters
  
• The Violin (although she can't play)
  
• Hot Showers
  
• Flying
  

Dislikes:

• Riots
  
• Seeing Russia's (and therefore her) people in poverty
  
• St. Petersburg (She's fought with for title of Capital for almost two centuries in total.)
  
• Fire -candles, fireplace, or otherwise.
  
• Being drunk
  
• Sweets
  
• France
  
• Germany
  
• Heavy Snowfall
  
• Coffee
  
• People being loud for the sake of being loud.
  
• 'Lazy' technology
  
• English pronunciation
  
• Mongols
  
• Crimean Tatars
  
• Putting down of any leaders (even ones she didn't like)
  
  Strengths:
  
  • Cooking simple things
    
  • Fixing cars
    
  • High alcohol tolerance
    
  • Recognizing plays and ballets
    
  • Remaining calm
    
  • Telling brands of vodka apart by taste
    
  • Good sense of direction
    
  • Coming back after attacks
    
  • Strong Nationalism
    
  • Fierce loyalty
    
  
  
  Weaknesses:
  
  • Needs a concept explained a few times to understand
    
  • Alcohol (only strong stuff, stuff with low proof doesn't count as alcohol to her)
    
  • Being on time
    
  • Taking care of herself
    
  • Trusting others
    
  • Staying on task
    
  • Things being out of place
    
  • Speaking up
    
  • Mending things (clothes, broken items, etc.)
    
  • Looking at things from someone else's perspective
    
  
  
  Fears:
  
  • Fire
    
  • St. Petersburg being made the capital again.
    
  • Being seized by the Mongols again.
    
  
  Secrets: She still has a USSR flag with the Sickle and Hammer, and has no plans to get rid of it. She's not ashamed of it, and occasionally she wishes it had worked out, because she thinks the theory behind Communism is a good one.
  Any Quirks/Habits: Despite the fact that she really hates being drunk (and has a high alcohol tolerance), she drinks until she passes out when particularly stressed. She'll also pick up secondhand electronics that don't work and tinker with them (although she rarely gets them working).
  
  Overall Personality: Moscow tends to be quiet and rather shy. She doesn't speak up unless she's with someone she's completely comfortable around and her reluctance to completely trust others makes them few and far between. She prefers to listen to what others have to say. She's most comfortable when talking about neutral topics, or ones that interest her. She'd much rather discuss opinions on a book than politics. Although holding no grudge against people who have done former wrongs against her or Russia, that acceptance won't go beyond simple politeness. She tries to remain diplomatic, but diplomacy can only go so far when you resent someone. She's very calm though, so even if she were to be stuck in a run of all the people she can't stand, she'd keep collected, although she might withdraw a bit and stop talking. When she does become comfortable with someone, she can actually be very welcoming and sweet.
  
  Moscow is very neat, everything has a place and is in that place. She's rather bad at taking care of herself, missing meals or sleep because she's jumping from task to task and attempting to finish something in one go (and generally fails). That constant distraction usually results in her being late for things. She usually gets her tasks for the day done by giving herself a goal, usually promising herself that whenever everything's done she'll break out the kvass and relax for a bit. Despite kvass being such low proof alcohol, it's Moscow's favorite and she'll usually drink it with whatever she cooks. Her cooking isn't amazing, but she can make simple dishes and likes eating home cooked meals far better than take-out.
  
  Despite trying to stay diplomatic and kind, Moscow is very selfish. She completely supported the communists because it got her back her title of capital. Saint Petersburg were to cease to exist she'd be elated, because she wouldn't have that competition. She doesn't like seeing Russia go to war without having been directly attacked (unless he's aiding someone she considers a friend). It means the people in her city leaving and being killed, and Russia's other people leaving to die, and she doesn't want to see that happen because they're hers. She hates how selfish she is, fights an internal conflict over it often enough, but she an't help thinking like a spoiled child half the time.
  
  

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I'm the hero!

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• First recorded reference to Moscow was 1147.
  
• Kremlin ordered to be built in 1156.
  
• 1237-1238 the Mongols sacked the city and then burnt it, killing the inhabitants.
  
• Moscow became capital of independent Vladimir-Suzdal principality in 1327.
  
• Moscow developed into a strong principality known as the Grand Dutchy of Moscow.
  
• Replaced Tver as capital of Vladimir-Suzdal under Ivan I of Moscow.
  
• High tribute to the Mongols earned a concession, keeping Moscow intact on the Khan's death as opposed to divided.
  
• In 1380 the Grand Prince of Moscow led the Russian army to victory against the Tatars.
  
• Moscow sacked in 1382 by the Tatars.
  
• In 1480 Ivan III freed Russia from Tatar control, allowing Moscow to become center of Russian power.
  
• 1571 the Tatars sacked Moscow and burned all of it but the Kremlin.
  
• 1610-1611 the Swedish entered Moscow to help crush uprising against the Tsar.
  
• 1605-1618 The Polish-Muscovite war
  
• 1612 the liberation of Moscow from the Polish-Lithuanian invaders
  
• 1648 The salt riot
  
• 1662 The Copper riot
  
• 1682 Moscow uprising
  
• 1570-151, 1592, and 1654-1656 The plague ravaged Moscow
  
• 1712 St. Petersburg became the capital.
  
• 1771 Last major Plague outbreak.
  
• 1812 French invasion of Russia, the people of Moscow burned the city and evacuated.
  
• 1905 Russia had the first mayor instituted.
  
• 1918 Moscow became the capital of the Russian Federative Socialist Republic.
  
• 923 became capital of the Soviet Union.
  
• 1941 sixteen divisions of the national volunteers, twenty-five battalions and four engineering regiments were formed among the Muscovites.
  
• 1941-1942 Battle of Moscow
  
• 1944 medal for The Defense of Moscow was introduced.
  
• 1947 medal In Memory of the 800thh Anniversary of Moscow
  
• 1965 Moscow awarded the Hero citytitle.
  
• 1980 Hosted the Summer Olympics
  
• 1998 hosted the first World Youth Games
  
  

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You've got it backwards! Backwards!

Hurry up and throw it! If you don't hurry up and throw it, you'll go "boom"!

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Sveta hummed softly, setting a pot on the stove to simmer. It was winter again (always felt like winter, but this was real winter) and a nice hot bowl of borscht sounded good. She frowned a little, wandering to her front door to put her things away. She had wanted to get his dinner started, which meant leaving her outdoor things in a (slightly damp) pile.

“I will have to get a towel.” she murmured, standing her boots up neatly by her other shoes, tucking her gloves into the pocket of her coat, and hanging it in the closet with her scarf.

She shuffled back to the kitchen and retrieved a rag, cleaning the water off the floor. She scooped up her work bag and discarded the rag into the hamper in her bathroom and made her way to her room where the desk was. Always paperwork or documents to read. She didn't mind, not really, it would just take until after dinner given her easy distraction. Her pen scratched softly against the paper, but she couldn't focus.

It was one of those days then.

She sighed and set the pen aside, choosing instead to retrieve a book from the shelf, but frowned. She didn't feel like reading. She glanced at the door, and after some deliberation, put on some socks and went to the front hall to get her coat and boots. A quick walk to the bookstore, check what plays would be preformed in the area, and then home to check her borscht. Perhaps she'd be able to focus on her work then.

She slipped the boots on, tucking her pants into the tops. Then on went her gloves, then her coat, and then the long scarf. Tucking her chin into the soft grey scarf, she scooped her keys and wallet up from the hall table and headed out.

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I Summon thee from far away lands, come forth!

You called?

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Timezone: Eastern

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