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3	James Kirk Harrell (born January 29, 1959) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er who competed for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance as Pvt. Jim Nelson and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Boris Zhukov. He debuted in 1978 and worked for various territories before catching on in 1982 in Jim Crockett Promotions as Nelson, part of Wrestling/SgtSlaughter's Cobra Corps. He arrived in the AWA as Zhukov, a [[FakeRussian "Russian"]] gimmick. He switched to WWE in 1987 and teamed with Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff as The Bolsheviks until Volkoff turned face in 1990. He left in 1991 and resurfaced in the independents many years later.
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5	Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/al-h.html NWA Alabama Heavyweight Champion]] (listed as Boris ''Zurchov''), a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion]] as Pvt. Jim Nelson with Pvt. Don Kernodle, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/on/nwa/can-tv.html NWA Canadian (Toronto) Television Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with Soldat Ustinov.
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7	!!"Bolshevik Tropes":
8	* ArchEnemy:
9	** (as Pvt. Nelson): Wrestling/RickySteamboat, Jay Youngblood
10	** (as Boris Zhukov): Wrestling/RickMartel, Sgt. Slaughter
11	* BaldOfEvil: Under his hat.
12	* BashBrothers: With [[Wrestling/JohnNord Nord The Barbarian]], Nikolai Volkoff
13	* BearHug: Used it as a FinishingMove
14	* BeardOfEvil: As Zhukov.
15	* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: WWE brought him in after Wrestling/TheIronSheik was fired for his and Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan's drug bust.
16	* CueTheFlyingPigs: He actually got a DQ victory over [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]] ''Nick Bockwinkel'' on October 4, 1986.
17	* DemotedToExtra: Following the breakup of The Bolsheviks.
18	* DirtyCommunists[=/=]HuskyRusskie[=/=]MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: His gimmick.
19	* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Well, duh.
20	* {{Jobber}}: In WWE.
21	** MundaneMadeAwesome: In a [[https://thesmartmarks.com/old_site/artman/publish/article_500.shtml shoot interview]], Wrestling/TheBushwhackers said that the secret to The Bolsheviks was that they were jobbers, but all they had to do was raise the flag and sing the anthem and they had their heat back.
22	* PowerStable:
23	** (in the NWA): The Cobra Corps
24	** (in the AWA): The Sheik's Army
25	* TagTeam:
26	** (in the NWA): The Privates

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