Oktober Guard
- Chummy Commies: The GI Joes' opposite number but still dedicated to destroying Cobra.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: The Oktober Guard and GI Joe teaming up against Cobra invokes the Soviet Union and America fighting the Nazis.
- Fair-Weather Friend: The Oktober Guard is very quick to drop any alliance with the Joes when circumstances change. To be fair, that is because of the Cold War.
- Friendly Enemy: When they're fighting the GI Joes, there is a lot of respect and usually an Enemy Mine situation.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: When the Joes and the Oktober Guard team up, they are usually at each other's throats.
- Why We're Bummed Communism Fell: The Oktober Guard generally react very poorly to the fall of the Soviet Union in their post 1992 appearances.
- You Have Failed Me: Brekhov often states that he feels the Oktober Guard will suffer this if they fail their missions. For better or worse, they tend to die of other reasons.
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Colonel Brekhov
Real Name: Ivan Nikolevich Brekhov
Voiced By: Gregg Berger
The Ukrainian-born commander of the Guard, Colonel Brekhov is a consummate soldier with a sharp strategic mind.- Adapted Out: In the comics he was frequently seen smoking a cigar. He never did this in the cartoon.
- A Father to His Men: A characteristic he shares with Hawk and Duke. Alongside Dmitri Bukharin/Crimson Dynamo he stands out as one of the few Cold War-era Soviet Colonels that Marvel does not depict as a Bad Boss.
- Jerkass: On a mission to Cobra Island, he refuses to do any rowing, chiding Daina as not being sufficiently patriotic when she complains, then makes her do all the work digging, claiming he and Horrorshow are keeping lookout.
- Killed Off for Real: In the Marvel comic, Brekhov and most of his teammates are killed in Sierra Gordo after a standoff with Destro's Iron Grenadiers.
- The Leader: He commands the unit and is pretty much the Soviet counterpart of Duke.
- Smart People Play Chess: He and Daina can be seen being in the middle of a game when the Joes arrive at their headquarters.
Daina
Real Name: Daina L. Janack
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The only woman on the original team, First Lieutenant Daina Janack was recruited into the Guard after an impressive showing in the Czech Army. She has a multitude of talents, and her skills have gotten the team out of tight spots on numerous occasions.- Ace Pilot: Not shown in her home series but she appears in Transformers piloting an experimental fighter jet, that's stolen by the Egomaniac Hunter, Lord Chumley.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Blonde in the comics, brunette in the cartoon.
- Continuity Cameo: Makes a brief cameo in the Transformers episode Prime Target.
- Pink Means Feminine: In the cartoon, Daina wore a bright pink Telogreika, even in the desert.
- The Marvel comic averted this: She wore a green camo outfit as her standard uniform, occasionally switching to a light brown tank top and shorts for hotter environments (such as jungles and deserts). She also wore an aviator hat instead of an ushanka.
- The Smart Guy: One of the smartest members of the team, with Colonel Brekhov acknowledging that her skills as a tactician are second only to his own.
- Sole Survivor: She was one of two members of the Oktober Guard to survive the disastrous mission in Sierra Gordo that killed most of the original team. The DDP comics have her eventually join the Joes under the codename Vorona.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Horrorshow. She tended to be offended by his sexism and annoyed by his brutishness, but in a pinch, the two would have each others' backs.
Horrorshow
Real Name: Stepan Drukersky
Voiced By: Frank Welker
A Georgian specializing in infantry and small-arms, Horrorshow is on the stout side and does not have the brightest mind, but his superiors have come to appreciate his loyalty and willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done.- Big Eater: On a mission to Cobra Island, he brings along a backpack full of roast chickens. He later stuffs them full of grenades to feed to Croc Master's crocs.
- The Big Guy: Horrorshow is the burliest, most aggressive, member of the Guard.
- Dumb Muscle: Downplayed. He wasn't particularly stupid, but he was also nowhere near as intelligent as Brekhov and Daina, so compared to them he didn't seem like the brightest bulb.
- Killed Off for Real: In the Marvel Special Missions comic, he's killed by Iron Grenadiers in Sierra Gordo.
- The Rival: He and Gung-Ho develop an instant dislike for each other upon meeting and even come to blows a couple times. They eventually come to respect the other.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Horrorshow and Daina commonly argued like teenage siblings; Horrorshow would make a sexist comment that Daina didn't appreciate, and she retaliated with a biting snark about Horrorshow's weight. But when push came to shove, the two would have each other's back.Daina: Where's that fat Georgian Horrorshow? He probably stopped for a snack.
Stormavik
Voiced By: Stan Jones
The only member of the original team to actually have been born and raised in Russia, Stormavik served as the team's original Airborne Infantry specialist.- Badass Bandolier: Wears a metal bandolier over his uniform.
- Killed Off for Real: Like Horrorrshow and Brekhov, Stormavik died during the Suicide Mission in Sierra Gordo.
- No Name Given: His real name is classified.
- Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Expressed discomfort at having to fight Scarlett for this reason, citing there was no honor in it. It becomes a moot point, though, as Scarlett proves so much better at close-quarters combat that she knocks him down before he can even get within arm's length of her.
Wong
Real Name: Wen-Yun Wong
Voiced By: Neil Ross
The only Chinese member of the team, born in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Though he is only an Officer Cadet, he is a skilled reconnaissance expert.- Canon Foreigner: Wong was created specifically for the Sunbow cartoon. In the comics, the Guard's Recon Man was an East German soldier named Schrage.
- Foreign Culture Fetish: Like a lot of Soviet personnel, he's actually a big fan of Western cinema. If the cowboy hat didn't give it away.
Gorky
A sergeant from the Black Sea Regiment of the Naval Infantry, brought in after the loss of team members in Sierra Gordo.
- Pet the Dog: During a mission gone wrong in Sierra Gordo, one of their Tucaro allies is badly wounded. Gorky goes out of his way to comfort the man in his final moments.
Misha
A sergeant in the Spetnaz, assigned to the unit to replace losses.
- Bullying a Dragon: Surrounded by a number of Tucaro holding them at gunpoint, Misha makes several racist statements. The only one who can speak English tells him that he really doesn't want that translated to his fellows.
- Tempting Fate: After fighting a few Cobra troopers, he thinks he and Roadblock have driven them off. Roadblock notes that people who have numerical superiority don't retreat; Cobra's just pulled back because they're about to bomb them into the ground.
