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Post by Sergey Andreyevich Kozlovsky on Mar 26, 2013 18:30:11 GMT -5
SERGEY ANDREYEVICH KOZLOVSKY
"No one should trust me, but they do anyways."
"I serve my country, the motherland, and I serve God. A world without faith and home isn't a world at all."
"No one should trust me, but they do anyways."
"I serve my country, the motherland, and I serve God. A world without faith and home isn't a world at all."
I Feel Like We're Summoning The Devil
Nickname/Alias: Serga, Sergushka, Sergushenka, Sesha, Sergey Andreyevich, Andrew Kozlov, Nicholas Lowell
Gender: Male
Character Type: Agent
Country or Country of Origin: St. Petersburg, 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
Hair: Dark Brown
Height and Weight: 5'7" (1.75m), 169lbs (76.66kg)
Other Distinguishing Features: Scar on his right leg from surgery, "double jointed" left shoulder, scars on upper right arm and chest from being mauled by a dog
Overall Appearance: For the most part, Sergey doesn't look like your average 'James Bond' agent. He's not the most imposing man on the planet and doesn't seem to have the incredibly well toned musculature one would expect from a Russian KGB man. However, he is far from weak. Sergey can hold his own in a fight and is just as capable as anyone would expect from a secret agent in covert operations. Often used to his benefit, Sergey has used his dark brown hair and brown eyes to his advantage. From a distance, most wouldn't expect him to be Russian particularly if one wasn't good at picking out small facial details. He has a slightly leaner look to him and in his later years, the presence of glasses gives Sergey a more scholarly appearance. Prominently, he possesses the talent of being double jointed in his shoulder, a trait his fellow agents often exploit for sport. When very little seems to be going on, Sergey will regularly have his wrists tied behind his back with whatever is around and someone will time how long it takes for him to get free. Less conspicuous is the scar on his leg from surgery after a failed attempt at 'flying' from one apartment to the other. He broke his leg in multiple place and had bone shards that needed to be removed.
With regards to clothing, Sergey just wears whatever the KGB or CIA throws at him with 'civilian attire' as the norm for blending in. In his younger years, he had a dark mustache, but found having it too cumbersome as he aged. He can often be found in dark colored suits and after 1963, becomes quite fond of a pair of black Ray-Ban Aviators he buys in the United States. For the most part, Sergey tried to stay 'in style' with what he could afford. It wasn't always perfect, but he found that most people left him alone or acted in a more casual manner around him when he wasn't dressed like a spy.
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Man up or I'll beat you with my peace prize!
Law
Finance and Economics
Water skiing
Cross country skiing
Fishing
Veal
Alcohol
KGB
Breshnev
Putin
Family
Dislikes: Dogs
Americans
Brandy
Spices
Lying
Killing others needlessly
Infants
Heights
Smoking
Strengths:
Marksman--With a long barreled rifle, Sergey is very accurate at hitting targets. While good with a pistol, his forte is undoubtedly with a World War 2 long barreled firearm. However, he isn't one to brag about his skill for fear of it being exploited by the organizations he belongs to.
Intelligence--Sergey is a quick study and when he wants to learn something, it doesn't take a very long time. However, he tends to be very selective as to where he puts his natural gift for learning and there is a learning curve between being good at something and being particularly adept.
Suave--When he wants something, Sergey can be a real gentleman and has been known to try to charm others into getting comfortable and letting things slip. He isn't a womanizer like James Bond, but it would be a lie to say that he doesn't like pretty women. Also, he uses charm and charisma to get himself comfy positions within the CIA and KGB. Sergey isn't above brown nosing for personal gain.
Weaknesses:
Trust--Sergey finds it incredibly hard to trust anyone, particularly where information is concerned. He always seems to looking over one shoulder and it takes a lot of prying and name dropping to get him to open up at all. He thinks everyone is against him, but that could easily be a result of his work.
Lying--Living a life where almost everything is done illegally, Sergey has become an almost compulsive liar. Half the time, the name he gives isn't even his real name. It can be difficult to trust a known liar, but the truth is, Sergey goes to great lengths to 'legitimize' his lies.
Alcohol--Sergey likes his alcohol, particularly wine. He's an alcoholic by definition, but seems to have a relative handle on how much he consumes. The man is intelligent enough to not display extreme public drunkenness out of fear of letting his tongue get too loose, but he definitely enjoys several drinks.
Fears: Sergey has reason to be afraid of many things, but his primary fears are being found out as a double agent by the FBI or CIA. Also with good reason, he fears the civilian population, his wife and family in particular, will find out what it is he really does for a living. After all, who would trust a KGB spy? Also, he has a deathly fear of dogs due to having been attacked by one as a child.
Secrets: Albeit not a secret to the KGB, the CIA doesn't know that Sergey is working as a double agent for the KGB and is determined to keep it that way. Also, to random people on the streets who inquire about what he does (his wife included), Sergey works as a laywer in international finance. His job as an agent for two powerful organizations must be kept secret.
Any Quirks/Habits:
Smoking--Though not horribly addicted, Sergey regularly smokes and even more so when he's working. It's a habit he never bothered to try breaking despite never fully getting used to the taste of cigarette smoke. His habit has the unfortunate consequence of causing his lung cancer in his later life.
Overall Personality:
As a child, it seemed impossible for Sergey to have a future. Most would describe the youth as being recalcitrant, rebellious, and uncouth. His teachers saw him as being unmotivated and lazy. Sergey never seemed to apply himself to his studies and spent most of his time slacking off and putting time into recreation rather than his studies. He met every attempt to rectify his behavior with a stubborn attitude that refused to change. Many dismissed him as a lost cause. In actuality, Sergey was simply a lost boy. He didn't know what he wanted to do with his life and therefore, did nothing. Only one teacher saw any sort of spark of intelligence but even then, quickly made the assumption that Sergey would go nowhere because he didn't want to go anywhere in life.[/size][/ul]
However, something changed in his attitude and through much of his higher education, Sergey proved to be a bright and intelligent young man. He put forth massive amounts of effort to salvage his education at the secondary level and rarely attended parties, even on weekends. His parents were ever thankful of their boy's change in attitude and throughout his tertiary education, the model of the hard working and ambitious student remained. For once, he had a purpose to his life and used his desire to join the KGB as a motivator to keep working hard.
Following the Second World War, Sergey's personality seemed to morph yet again. He quieted down to the point of some suspecting he was mute, but he was really busy keeping his own identity hidden. It was during this time when he dropped his own name for his cousin's and felt a sort of liberating feeling at doing so. Sergey became friendlier and more sociable. He took up social drinking and smoking, the latter turning into an addiction. He played his part as a faithful agent, but tried to make friends who could later serve as alibis or contacts. Even then, Sergey understood the importance of having an extensive network.
Working for the KGB inadvertently honed a selfish nature within Sergey. It didn't take long before most of his actions were driven by a desire to better everyone around him. He tried to be more useful and prove his worth so that he would be promoted. Soon, everything became a fierce life or death competition, a competition Sergey refused to lose. Even while under the CIA, Sergey fought for recognition and respect for his own purposes and motives. Simultaneously, the pseudo-Patriot started to become reality. Sergey knew that in order to keep his own identity hidden as well as any suspicion from the FBI, he needed to play up his part as the faithful American. He dropped the patronymic while in the United States and pretended to be ashamed of his allegiance to the KGB. His ultimate goal was to get the CIA and FBI to get off his tail for awhile and trust him with more and more responsibilities. After all, increasing his status within the CIA would increase his worth to the KGB and better his own standing. Sergey became a master at faking personalities and tried to come off as the guy that no one could truly hate. He wanted people to glance over his faults and foibles for all the benefits to keeping him around. This would remain true with both the CIA and KGB. His work as a double agent made the ruse even more paramount to his safety.
Age has caused Sergey to slow down and become more mellow and relaxed. His personality becomes more moderate, and the vitality of youth starts to leave him. However, Sergey remained dedicated to the KGB until his retirement. He tried to maintain an active lifestyle, but cancer severely limited his stamina and strength. As the cancer metastasized, Sergey found himself growing ever wearier and almost longing for a peaceful death.
As for his family, Sergey tries his hardest to be a good father and husband. Despite living a rather amoral life, he tries to impress morality on his children and religion becomes much more prominent as a husband and father. Despite not being a hugely devout member of the Russian Orthodox Church, Sergey still believes in God. His faith is kept secret, but Sergey knows that as long as it doesn't impact his work in any way, there's no reason to expect prosecution for not being atheist. As with anything, his personality shifts depending on if he's in the Soviet Union or in the United States, but his belief in family remains strong and likely, part of what helped keep him sane through all his years in the secret police. Sergey would never consider himself to be a 'family man', but as he ages, it seems to describe him more and more.
To sum him up, Sergey is a talented man with a primary motive being his own personal gain. He's got the intelligence to learn many new skills. He's fluent in Russian and English and is quite competent in German. At heart, he's a family man, though Sergey will do everything in his power to deny such a thing. He's loyal to Russia and the KGB and good at keeping his identity a secret. A gifted liar, Sergey hates the skill despite using it on a daily basis. Sergey is a spy through and through, but a good one and very unlike the spies from the movies.
I'm the hero!
The Early Years
Sergey was born on 18 October 1917 in the city of Petrograd. His parents were wealthy enough to take care of their son and provide adequately for him, but little more. His parents were Andrey Vladimirovich and Elizaveta Davidovna. His early childhood was as one would expect from a Proletariat family living in the midst of civil war. However, not everyone in Sergey's family remained put. Most prominently, Boris Nikolaevich took his wife, Ekaterina Ivanovna and their year old son, Andrei Borisovich to the United States. In 1922, following the Russian Civil War, Elizaveta's Muscovite cousin, Andrey Andreyevich, arranged to move the small family to Moscow where he believed it would be safer to raise Sergey, then five. However, a couple days before the move, Sergey and his friends stumbled across a rabid dog while playing in the street behind their houses. Though the boys yelled for help, Sergey found himself frozen where he stood out of fear and fascination for what made the dog act as it did. The rabid dog charged the boys in response to their cries and the group fled, leaving Sergey alone with a rabid dog. The boy was attacked until one of the adults shot the dog and Sergey was rushed to the hospital where he underwent a dangerous and not always successful treatment for rabies. In the end, Sergey survived, but it pushed back the move to Moscow considerably.
The boy was relieved to be able to put Petrograd behind him and start anew in Moscow. Sergey was like most boys his age in that he had very little regard for safety and frequently acted without thinking. The most notable example was during his first summer in Moscow. Sergey decided that he was going to learn how to fly by 'flying' from one apartment rooftop to another. Needless to say, gravity took over and the boy plummeted back to earth, shattering his right leg. Though the boy had a full recovery (namely due to his young age), he quickly learned that jumping off buildings was not a great idea. His parents were able to obtain low ranked government jobs with the help of Andrey Andreyevich and Sergey was enrolled in a good education. However, he struggled in school due to a lack of motivation. Many of his teachers passed him off as being slow or stupid, but neither happened to be the case. Sergey was capable of learning the material presented to him and would show bouts of genuine interest and intelligence, but often slacked off in his work. He acquired many lazy habits and his parents were sometimes involved in trying to "fix" the boy's problems. His parents tried to get their boy to be more involved in the Russian Orthodox Church, but he never showed much aptitude for theology. Religion was merely going through the motions and wearing the metal cross he received upon his baptism.
It wasn't until he was part way through his secondary education that any noticeable change occurred. Sergey had been struggling and failing in his education, a trait his family was ashamed of. To try and inspire some sort of motivation, Sergey's uncle took the boy to visit the Kremlin. A few days later, Sergey returned and approached the OGPU (Joint State Political Directorate under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR) asking how to join. Naturally, he was turned down. Sergey went home disappointed, but determined to join and be someone of importance. He started trying in school and his natural intelligence and curiosity for learning was recognized. While his laziness as a child would linger for a few years more, Sergey was able to salvage his marks enough to attend a good institute for law.
Higher Education
Sergey spent the next five years studying banking and financial law at an institute in Moscow. He continued to work hard and his motivation and ambition paid off. Some of his friends introduced Sergey to water skiing in nearby lakes. He fell in love and continued water skiing throughout his life. Three years into his studies, his American cousin sent Sergey a letter inviting him to live in America. At that time, Sergey was mostly fluent in English. His parents agreed and Andrew's family agreed to finance the trip. With renewed vigor, Sergey finished studying law in Moscow, but by then, Europe was at war. It took a lot of convincing and relying on networks, but the trip was finally arranged and in the summer of 1940, Sergey left for the United States. The young man enjoyed life in Chicago, but he was unsatisfied with his inability to feel useful. Still feeling ambitious, Sergey managed to get himself admitted at Yale University and in 1941, he began studying more law. It was in those four years of study that Sergey's English was perfected and the man was graced with a distinctive accent that was primarily identified as Connecticut, but with a hint of Chicago flavor. Following the end of the war in 1945, Sergey returned home to Moscow and joined a local law firm to begin practicing as a lawyer.
Joining the Secret Police
In the Spring of 1946, Sergey was approached by the MGB (Ministry for State Security) with an offer to join the Seventh Directorate. He would be able to continue working as a lawyer and would have access to the perks of being part of the secret police. However, it wasn't a one way street. In addition to his own work, Sergey would have to follow the MGB's orders and work as an agent with the other departments. Sergey agreed and in late 1946, briefly met the head of the ministry, Viktor Abakumov. In hopes of settling down to a semi-normal life, Sergey married Elena Aleksandrovna from his birth city of Leningrad. A couple years later, they had their first child, a son named Vladimir Sergeyevich. However, in 1954, the MVD was transformed into the well known KGB. Sergey resigned from being a lawyer and threw himself wholeheartedly into the secret police. It wasn't until 1955 that Sergey was sent overseas to the United States to serve as a sleeper cell.
Sergey spent seven months living in New York as a normal citizen and resumed work, this time for a New York law firm. A month after his deployment, Sergey brought his pregnant wife and son to America to further his credibility.This time, he entered the United States under his cousin's name, Andrew Kozlov. It was deemed that a name like Sergey Kozlovsky was too Russian and in the midst of the Second Red Scare, people would naturally be suspicious of anyone with such a Russian name. By using his cousin's, Sergey was able to evade the worst criticisms. However, life as an agent was dangerous and even Sergey wasn't immune to the politics involved. While on mission, the KGB left him to his own devices. They had no intention of muddying their hands with a potential failure.
*At this point, Sergey had most of his training and work in intercepting radio signals from the United States. He was generally doing more work to help break the codes, but not necessarily translate. The information tended to be related to nuclear weaponry and technology.
Turning Point
Early in 1956, Sergey received word that his father had been liquidated for plotting against Khrushchev. As crushing as the news was, Sergey felt very little emotion and that in itself frightened the man. A week later, his second son was born and given the name Mark. That summer, a fellow agent was captured by the FBI and Sergey's real name as well as whereabouts were revealed. Sergey took his family and fled to Texas, but in a month, the FBI had hunted the family down. They were patient and waited for an opportune moment to strike. An undercover FBI agent approached Sergey and called him by his full real name. Subconsciously, Sergey reacted and was captured.
Even while in custody, Sergey tried to hold out and resist various tactics used by the FBI to gain information. In the end, Sergey relented and gave up names and information. However, he avoided selling out KGB agents who were still in the field, opting to use the names of those already captured or creating agents from thin air. Also, the information he gave wasn't classified information. Recognized for his clear potential, Sergey was offered a chance to live by joining the CIA. He accepted and spent several years doing menial work the CIA, trying to gain their trust. The next year, Sergey secretly helped plan the death of the KGB agent who sold him out and at the end of the day, was able to keep his record clean of the death. He was permitted to return to his wife and sons, but was forbidden of mentioning his work. Instead, Sergey was ordered to return to his work as a lawyer under his own name. His work with the CIA also awarded Sergey with a new name to use while undercover--Nicholas Lowell. In 1962, Sergey was deployed back to the Soviet Union. Again, he brought his wife and children with him.
Double Agent
Upon his return to the Soviet Union, Sergey struggled to regain the confidence of the KGB. The rest of the world had moved on in his absence, but through hard work and determination, Sergey was able to regain respect for himself as well as the trust of the KGB. He worked as a double agent, but the KGB was the controlling organization. To the CIA, Sergey proved to be a valuable agent and was able to continue regular trips between the Soviet Union and the United States. His children grew up largely without a father, but Sergey preferred to keep them safe in Moscow. In 1968, Sergey's mother died and he was able to procure leave to attend the funeral. For both organizations, Sergey was involved in counterintelligence and espionage.
His second son, Mark Sergeyevich, unknowingly follows his father's footsteps and joins the KGB, but primarily worked in Poland rather than the United States. Using his influence, Sergey was able to prevent Mark from knowing that Sergey was also involved in the KGB as a double agent.
However, Sergey found the work to be too taxing on his health as he grew older and in 1982, retired from the CIA. However, he continued to work for the KGB and by that time, had earned himself a comfortable administrative promotion. In 1984, Sergey was reassigned to the First Chief Directorate and was sent to Dresden, Germany to simply help maintain order from an administrative standpoint. In 1985, he was briefly introduced to a younger Vladimir Putin, but the two never crossed paths again.
*Due to his fluency in Russian and ability to understand various Russian idioms, Sergey primarily translated messages intercepted from the Soviets. By now, all his work was related to the military and usually consisted of spying on military operations on both sides. When placed on assignment to the Soviet Union, Sergey had a tendency to spend less time actually working and more time with his family and handlers. Despite this, he knew too many American secrets to be simply let off and his execution would have aroused Soviet suspicion. Instead, Sergey was placed under a sort of watch while in the United States. In summary, Sergey worked on decrypting radio signals and at times, various documents for both sides along with translating messages from Russian to English for the CIA.
Retirement and Death
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Sergey retired from the KGB and returned to his ancestral home in St. Petersburg. His smoking habit was starting to take its toll and in 1992, Sergey was diagnosed with cancer. It metastasized and spread to his liver, eventually killing him in 1999. Before he died, a young author was interested in Sergey's story and work as a double agent for the KGB and met with him in 1995. Several years after Sergey's death, his biography was published, though never received much fame. His wife is still alive along with his two sons. Both of Sergey's children married Russian wives and the family continues to live in Russia, though Vladimir does quite a bit of work abroad for business.
Timeline
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18 October 1917--Sergey is born to Andrey Vladimirovich and Elizaveta Davidovna
11 November 1917--Sergey is baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church
17 November 1917--Boris Nikolaevich emigrates to United States with his wife, Ekaterina and their son, Andrei
16 December 1922--Andrey Andreyevich invites Kozlovskys to move to Moscow
5 March 1923--Sergey is attacked by a rabid dog
17 March 1923--Sergey is released from the hospital
2 April 1923--Kozlovsky family moves to Moscow
6 June 1924--Sergey falls off apartment building rooftop and breaks his leg
1 September 1925--Sergey begins secondary education
June 25 1927--Sergey returns to Moscow for the first time since the Russian Civil War ended
5 May 1933--Andrey Andreyevich takes Sergey to visit the Kremlin
7 May 1933--Sergey returns to the Kremlin and visits the OGPU headquarters
1 September 1933--Sergey begins improving his work ethic when it comes to education
31 May 1935--Sergey completes secondary school with a 4 grade average
September 1936--Sergey is accepted into a law institute in Moscow
14 July 1937--Sergey is introduced to waterskiing by his friends
6 October 1938--Andrew Kozlov invites Sergey to live in the United States for awhile
May 1940--Sergey graduates from the institute with high marks
3 July 1940--Sergey departs Russia for New York City
24 July 1940--Sergey moves in with Andrew Kozlov and his parents
29 August 1941--Sergey begins studying at Yale University
4 September 1941--Friends discover Sergey's double jointed shoulder
June 1945--Sergey graduates from Yale University
9 July 1945--Sergey returns home to Moscow
17 July 1945--Sergey is introduced to Elena Aleksandrovna Petrova
20 August 1945--Sergey gets a job working for a local law firm
2 March 1946--MGB approaches Sergey about recruitment
5 March 1946--Sergey accepts job and officially joins the MGB
25 October 1946--Sergey is introduced to Abakumov
3 November 1946--Sergey proposes to Elena Aleksandrovna
5 April 1947--Sergey maries Elena Aleksandrovna
2 February 1948--Vladimir Sergeyevich is born
5 April 1948--Sergey takes Elena out to a theater production to celebrate their anniversary
13 March 1954--KGB is formed
1 April 1954--Sergey leaves the law firm
2 July 1955--Sergey is sent overseas to the United States as a sleeper cell
15 July 1955--Sergey finds employment working for a law firm in New York
16 August 1955--Elena and Vladimir move to New York and rejoin Sergey
23 February 1956--Sergey is assigned to a counterintelligence mission
25 February 1956--Andrey Vladmirovich is sent to Siberia
1 March 1956--Mark Sergeyevich is born
17 June 1956--Sergey's identity is revealed to the FBI
18 June 1956--Sergey takes his family and flees to Texas
29 July 1956--Sergey is captured by the FBI and brought into custody
14 November 1956--Sergey voluntarily agrees to work for the CIA
6 April 1957--Michael Alexander, the agent who sold out Sergey and others, is reported dead by cyanide poisoning
4 September 1962--Sergey returns to the Soviet Union with his family
7 September 1962--Sergey agrees to work for Svetlana Kasianenko and learns the secret of the personifications
21 February 1963--Sergey returns to the United States to continue work for the Soviet Union
6 October 1968--Elizaveta Davidovna dies of pneumonia
December 1981--Mark Sergeyevich joins the KGB
7 August 1982--Sergey resigns from his position at the CIA
2 March 1984--Sergey is reassigned to the first Directorate
31 July 1984--Sergey is sent to Dresden, Germany to work in administration
8 October 1985--Sergey is introduced to Vladimir Putin, future leader of the Russian Federation
8 December 1989--Sergey retires from the KGB
7 October 1992--Sergey is diagnosed with lung cancer
18 April 1996--Sergey meets with English author to discuss his involvement in the KGB during the Cold War
25 January 1999--Sergey dies
4 May 2005--Sergey's biography is published
You've got it backwards! Backwards!
Hurry up and throw it! If you don't hurry up and throw it, you'll go "boom"!
This bio is long enough.
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