History Main / HuskyRusskie

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] as of WWII: the vast majority of [[RedsWithRockets Red Army]] recruits, coming of age as of 1941, had grown up throughout constant misfortunes, including the Holodomor, and were rather small, thin and poorly fed.

* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': Kossak is a Russian Kickboxer and quite a tall, strong muscular guy who fulfills this archetype for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} exclusive series of fighting games that was made as an AlternateCompanyEquivalent to Capcom's ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series.

* ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Punch-Out!!]]'' has VodkaDrunkenski, who became the [[FrothyMugsOfWater non-alcoholic]] Soda Popinski. The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} game makes him 6'6", the tallest character in the game, even taller than FinalBoss [[ScaryBlackMan Mr. Sandman]] [[spoiler:although he is shorter than VideoGame/DonkeyKong]] and he does the cossack dance when he wins. Also, in a possible ShoutOut to ''Film/RockyIV'', after losing to Mac, scientists create a chemical formula to make him faster and stronger. The funny thing being that the contender mode montage (instead of the tougher Title Defense mode) features him performing rustic workouts like Rocky did in that movie.

*** Piotr "Peter" Rasputin aka ComicBook/{{Colossus}}, and unlike most of the trope examples, he's an art student and fairly intelligent. Also, aside from the spattering of Russian words that some writers (notably Creator/ChrisClaremont) liked to spatter into his dialogue, Colossus speaks English with an American accent, thanks to being taught the language telepathically (this detail is easy to miss, which is why he speaks with a Russian accent in the cartoons).

%%* Kyuzo from ''ComicBook/TheRedStar'', Maya's bodyguard.
%%* Red Scare from ''ComicBook/TheTick''.

* Downplayed with Ivan Istochnikov aka Wonder Yellow from ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101''. He's a MightyGlacier with his preferred weapon being the [[DropTheHammer hammer]] and he has the strong accent, but he doesn't quite have the personality because he's a dorky ShrinkingViolet. His profile lists his hobby as "bodybuilding", appropriately enough.

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. Zey use size and fighting ability by working as {{Bouncer}} or enforcer for the BigBad from [[TheMafiya Soviet-bloc Bratvas]]. He may work the door at the boss' LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Legitimate Russian Businessmens' Social Club]] in the WretchedHive, or perhaps loads [[BlackMarket heavy, mysterious crates]] that FellOffTheBackOfATruck. Maybe Dmitri [[DeadlyEuphemism "deals with"]] troublesome enemy gangsters.

* [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] in ''Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring''. Back when Music/IgorStravinsky and Sergei Diaghilev's previous ballets were being performed in Paris, it was noted that the prominent stereotype of Russians at the time, especially among the French, was that they were strong, brutish, primitive, and untamed. As a result, they wrote ''The Rite of Spring'', which is about pagan Russians sacrificing someone to the gods, with music and choreography designed to seem tough and brutish.

* [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] in ''Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring''. Back when Creator/IgorStravinsky and Sergei Diaghilev's previous ballets were being performed in Paris, it was noted that the prominent stereotype of Russians at the time, especially among the French, was that they were strong, brutish, primitive, and untamed. As a result, they wrote ''The Rite of Spring'', which is about pagan Russians sacrificing someone to the gods, with music and choreography designed to seem tough and brutish.

** ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

*** Piotr "Peter" Rasputin aka Colossus, and unlike most of the trope examples, he's an art student and fairly intelligent. Also, aside from the spattering of Russian words that some writers (notably Creator/ChrisClaremont) liked to spatter into his dialogue, Colossus speaks English with an American accent, thanks to being taught the language telepathically (this detail is easy to miss, which is why he speaks with a Russian accent in the cartoons).

* ''Film/RedHeat'': Ivan Danko is a [[TheStoic stoic]] Soviet cop who starts the film with a ShirtlessScene to show off his HeroicBuild (bonus point with the brawl in the snow), handles HandCannon{{s}} without bothering about the recoil... You name it.

* Alek of ''WebComic/NerfNow'' is the tallest, strongest, and [[BoobsOfSteel most well endowed]] of the five girls, to the point that some of the uniforms they wear don't fit her. It's understandable she's this trope, considering she started out as a GenderFlip of Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[NationsAsPeople Russia]] (human name: Ivan Braginsky) is the tallest of the characters, and has a matching impressive thick and muscular build. He's MadeOfIron, able to stop a tank with his body, and his mass has been PlayedForLaughs, such as when he accidentally sits on Canada. But rather than being a straight example of a RatedMForManly brute, he looks [[CuteGiant cute]] and seems [[GentleGiant friendly]]...then he turns out to be a PsychopathicManchild with [[CuteAndPsycho bad mood swings]]. (Though later in the series he's seen treating others better [[DarkAndTroubledPast and his reasons to be the way he is are explained]])

%%* Petrov, TheDragon from ''Film/FistOfFury''.

This actually is not beink limited to just games. Apparently it has been common stereotype in Western film for Russian men to be depicted as [[TheBigGuy large]], [[TheBrute boorish]] "bears" who are speakink in [[YouNoTakeCandle broken English]]. Khowever, is most visible in video games. ''Yespecially'' [[FightingGame fightink games]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. Zey use size and fighting ability by working as {{Bouncer}} or enforcer for the BigBad from [[TheMafiya Soviet-bloc Bratvas]]. He may work the door at the boss' LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub in the WretchedHive, or perhaps loads [[BlackMarket heavy, mysterious crates]] that FellOffTheBackOfATruck. Maybe Dmitri [[DeadlyEuphemism "deals with"]] troublesome enemy gangsters.

He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms and [[DarkAndTroubledPast difficult past]], he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. If he gets in a fight, [[RussianGuySuffersMost he will take many punches to the head and stab wounds and not go down]]. A small town may have only one huge Vladimir, because as the [[UsefulNotes/RussianProverbsAndExpressions Russian proverb]] says "Two bears don't live in one lair" (Два медведя в одной берлоге не живут (Dva medvedya v odnoy berloge ne zhivut.).

He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms and [[DarkAndTroubledPast difficult past]], he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. If he gets in a fight, [[RussianGuySuffersMost he will take many punches to the head and stab wounds and not go down]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. Zey use size and fighting ability by working as {{Bouncer}} or enforcer for the BigBad at his LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub in the WretchedHive, or perhaps loading heavy, mysterious items that FellOffTheBackOfATruck. He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms and [[DarkAndTroubledPast difficult past]], he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. If he gets in a fight, [[RussianGuySuffersMost he will take many punches to the head and stab wounds and not go down]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. Zey use size and fighting ability by working as {{Bouncer}} or enforcer for the BigBad at his club. He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms and [[DarkAndTroubledPast difficult past]], he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. If he gets in a fight, [[RussianGuySuffersMost he will take many punches to the head and stab wounds and not go down]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. Zey use size and fighting ability by working as TheBouncer or enforcer for the BigBad at his club. He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms and [[DarkAndTroubledPast difficult past]], he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. If he gets in a fight, [[RussianGuySuffersMost he will take many punches to the head and stab wounds and not go down]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms and [[DarkAndTroubledPast difficult past]], he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. If he gets in a fight, [[RussianGuySuffersMost he will take many punches to the head and stab wounds and not go down]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms and [[DarkAndTroubledPast difficult past]], he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. Owink to greater yemotional freedom yin Russian culture, may also be EmotionalBruiser. Often is beink [[RussianGuySuffersMost put through much abusing by writers]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. He has [[RuggedScar big scar]] from fighting in Spetznaz unit in Afghanistan/Chechnya back in the day. To block out painful memories of lost comrades-in-arms, he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. Owink to greater yemotional freedom yin Russian culture, may also be EmotionalBruiser. Often is beink [[RussianGuySuffersMost put through much abusing by writers]].

Often tend to be eizzer TheBrute or BoisterousBruiser, often dependink on what side zey are beink on. To relax he drinks big glasses of [[GargleBlaster overproof Russian vodka]] that iz [[AlcoholIsGasoline so strong it can also be used as airplane fuel]]. Owink to greater yemotional freedom yin Russian culture, may also be EmotionalBruiser. Often is beink [[RussianGuySuffersMost put through much abusing by writers]].