| Alias |
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People's Protectorate Soviet Super-Soldiers Winter Guard |
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| Nick Name | |
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| Founding Members | |
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Darkstar Gremlin I Professor Phobos Titanium Man Ursa Major Vanguard |
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| Common Members | |
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Airstrike Darkstar Devastator II Fantasma Gremlin I Perun Powersurge Professor Phobos Red Guardian Sibercat Titanium Man Ursa Major Vanguard Vostok Volvic |
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| Occupation | |
| Alliance of super-powered nationalist sanctioned by the Soviet Union, then later Russia. | |
| Legal Status | |
| Sanctioned by the Russian government. | |
| Nation or Planet of Origin | |
| Soviet Union | |
| Group Alliances | |
| Supreme Soviet | |
| Base of Operations | |
| Russia | |
| Accessories | |
| Resources of Russia and alien technology captured from the sorcerous alien shape-shifters known as the Dire Wraiths. | |
| Common Enemies | |
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Supreme Soviet |
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| Regularly Appearing | |
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Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 Soviet Super Soldiers |
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| First Appearance | |
| Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #258 (April, 1981) | |
| Creator | |
| Steven Grant, Bill Mantlo & Sal Buscema | |
| Origin | |
| In the later years of the cold war between the western allies and the eastern bloc, the Soviet Union desired a superhero team which would protect their interests. The founder of the program, Professor Piotr Phobos located and trained the group. Although there were numerous students in Professor Phobos' school his star pupils were given the honor of becoming the Soviet Super-Soldiers. | |