History
After receiving specials powers after the exposure to radiation for a nuclear central breakdown in Russia, Andreij, alongsite with many others, have been imprisoned into “La Cittadella degli Speciali” [The Citadel of Specials], a City Sized prison in Siberia, where the Soviet Government start to study them.
While in prison, he meet a girl named Yelena, also a Special, and the two fall in love.
With the crumble of the Sovient in Russia, the Specials rebel and take the City of Specials, transforming into their revolutionary base. Andreij, Yelena and some others don’t accept the new leadership and try to escape, prefering to be free instead than imprisoned under some sort of “Revolutionary Special Leader”
While Yelena was supposed dead in the escape, Andreij leave Russia with is newborn son, the first “born special”, and after giving him to a young italian cop, Giovanna Silenzi, for hiding from the Divisione (“Division”, the organizzation that now rule the City of Specials), continue his run along the europe, only to return in Italy 13 years after, for reveal the truth to his son Michele.
Andreij is a powerfull telepath, able to read many minds at the same time and erase selected memory from great group of people, but as all other Special, his powers are corrupting is body, and he start to lose his sight till become totally blind.
SPOILER:
In the end of the film and the comic, is revealed that Andreij and Yelena have not one but two twin sons, a boy and a girl, and the where Andreij have hidden his daughter is still unknown
NOTE:
The Character have been created by Gabriele Salvatores, Film Director, while Diego Cajelli is the writer of the comic.
IN OTHER MEDIA:
Andreij is played by bulgarian actor Christo Jivkov