Ivan Afonin — The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment Character Profile

About Ivan Afonin

A decorated WWII veteran who lives with his granddaughter. After she is raped and the perpetrators escape justice due to police corruption, he purchases an SVD sniper rifle and conducts a campaign of vigilante justice, crippling the offenders. He confronts the corrupt police colonel and ultimately finds closure when the weapon is confiscated and his granddaughter recovers.

Ivan Afonin — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Mikhail Ulyanov

Appears in

The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (1)

• Ivan Afonin — Conflict Arch Enemy — Vadim Pashutin (Ilya Drevnov)

  Ivan seeks retribution for Katya's rape, positioning Vadim as his main adversary.

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• Nikolay Pashutin, police colonel, Vadim's father (Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov)
• Alexey Podberyozkin, local policeman (Vladislav Galkin)
• David (Karen Muradyan)
• Olga Afonina, Katya's mother (Irina Rozanova)
• gun dealer (Aleksei Shevchenkov)
• Vadim Pashutin (Ilya Drevnov)
• gun dealer (Sergey Aprelsky)
• market's gun dealer (Oleg Komarov)
• Slava AKA "Scarlet Fever", domino player (Vyacheslav Golodnov)
• Shevelyov, police detective (Vladimir Semago)
• yawner (Pavel Fetisov)