Vladimir Kosygin
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Political information
Affiliation	USSR Allied Forces
Rank	Major
Game information
Appearances	Second World War
Role	Nuclear warfare strategist

Vladimir Kosygin is a nuclear strategist of the USSR in Red Alert 1.

BackgroundEdit

By the later stages of the Second World War he became a major and a well known nuclear warfare strategist.

Character developmentEdit

Kosygin became disillusioned by Stalin's methods, especially as the dictator became enraged at the Soviet's failing war effort and took out his anger on subordinates. The major contacted the Allies and offered to defect. He was extracted from Riga, Latvia during an attack led by Field Commander A9.

At the Allied headquarters he answers General Gunther von Esling's inquiries concerning the state of the Soviet nuclear program. He summarizes Stalin's televised announcement by warning the general the dictator was preparing to launch nuclear weapons. Based on Kosygin's intelligence von Esling directs Field Commander A9 to destroy the Dark Horseman base, the primary missile manufacturing facility, and its launch capability.

AppearancesEdit

Vladimir Kosygin appears only in Red Alert 1.

v·d·e Prominent Members of the USSR

GWWII Joseph Stalin • Stalin's Advisor • Lenin • Nadia • Gradenko • Georgi Kukov • Vladimir Kosygin • Topolov • Soviet Commander • Volkov GWWIII Alexander Romanov • Zofia • Vladimir • Yuri • Boris • Sam • Soviet Commander Post-war Crisis Bronislav • Natasha Volkova • Soviet Commander War of the Three Powers Anatoly Cherdenko • Nikolai Krukov • Gregor Zelinsky • Oleg Vodnik • Zhana Agonskaya • Nikolai Moskvin • Natasha Volkova • Sergei • Dasha Fedorovich • Soviet Commander Uprising Vera Belova

v·d·e Allied Personnel

Second World War Gunter von Esling • Albert Einstein • George Patton • Vladimir Kosygin • Nikos Stavros • Tanya Adams • Allied Commander Third World War President Michael Dugan • Albert Einstein • General Ben Carville • Eva Lee • Tanya • Allied Commander Post-war Crisis Allied Commander War of the Three Powers Howard T. Ackerman • Robert Bingham • Warren Fuller • Lissette Hanley • Giles Price • Gregor Zelinsky • Eva Mckenna • Tanya • Allied Commander Uprising Douglas Hill • Brenda Snow • Rupert Thornley • Kelly Weaver • Lydia Winters