Sergey Razumovsky

He's not considered one of their own in the true sense of the word. Sergei, a man with a troubled past and a reputation as the Plague Doctor, is treated with caution.
*At the same time, he is recognized as a powerful figure. He is highly intelligent, possesses tremendous technical capabilities, and is capable of being useful to the organization.

• In the "Ragnar" arc, Sergei and Oleg directly participate in the Looking Glass emergency council, along with former members of the old combat unit. This means that his presence there is seen as significant, not accidental.
  *For some of the inhabitants of "Through the Looking Glass," Sergei most likely remains a dangerous and unpredictable person who cannot be trusted unconditionally.
• At the same time, he has a certain connection with the people of "Through the Looking Glass" through Lera: it is her independent activity that leads to the Plague Doctor becoming part of this team.

🪞 What is "Through the Looking Glass"?

It's a kind of refuge for people who couldn't or didn't want to fit into mainstream society. Bubble describes it as a place where diverse people gather, and the organization's main goal is to maintain the fragile peace in St. Petersburg.

"Through the Looking Glass" has its own history. In the past, it was protected by a special combat unit. These people were effectively independent heroes who protected the community from external enemies. Over time, the unit disbanded: some members died, others disappeared.

🏠 Who lives there?

This is more than just a secret base. For many, Looking Glass has become a home and a family.

For example, Toma was born into this community: her parents were members, and the people from the old protective squad practically became family to her. After her parents' deaths, she continued to be connected to Looking Glass.

Later, people rescued by Lera during her investigations also end up there. After one of the cases, people kidnapped for experiments are given refuge in "Through the Looking Glass."

💻 Technologies

The organization has a fairly sophisticated technical base. For example, its members have hacked a significant portion of the city's surveillance cameras, allowing them to monitor events in St. Petersburg.

Farid, a programmer and hacker who can access CCTV cameras and even hack into G.R.O.M.'s surveillance system, is also connected to Looking Glass. He assists Lera, Toma, and Chrysalis during their missions.

🛡️ Why is it important for Lera?

For Lera, Through the Looking Glass becomes especially important after she ceases to be the lonely Plague Doctor.

She finds people she can trust, and gradually develops a real team—Toma and Chrysalis. She no longer has to constantly hide her identity from them behind a mask.

Therefore, we can say that for Lera, “Through the Looking Glass” is something that Sergei initially did not have:

not just an organization, but a community in which the Plague Doctor can be part of a team, and not a sole judge.

Oleg is a former mercenary, bodyguard, and best friend of Sergei Razumovsky. They have known each other since childhood and grew up together in an orphanage. In the main series, he appears as someone who is almost always by Sergei's side, helping him in the most dangerous situations.

He is a tall, physically strong man – about 190 cm, with brown eyes and a characteristic wolf image: he has a tattoo of a wolf's head and a pendant with wolf symbols.

🧠 Character

Oleg is very taciturn and prudent. He doesn't like unnecessary conversations and usually observes the situation first and then acts.

However, it has an interesting contradiction:

He wants to control the situation, but is very attached to Sergei.

Therefore, his own opinions sometimes conflict with his loyalty to Razumovsky. In the early stories, Oleg follows Sergei almost unquestioningly, but later begins to openly disagree when he believes Sergei is making a mistake.

❤️ Relationship with Sergey

This is perhaps the most important part of his character.

For Sergey, Oleg is one of the few people he truly trusts. And vice versa: Oleg is so loyal to Sergey that he's willing to follow him even when he realizes he's doing the wrong thing.

Moreover, their connection goes far deeper than mere collaboration. The creators deliberately created Oleg as a person whose loss would be as painful for Razumovsky as the loss of loved ones is for Igor Grom.

Therefore, Oleg is actually an anchor for Sergei, connecting him with normal human life.

⚔️ Military skills

Oleg is a very serious fighter. His background is tied to mercenary work, and in "Plague Doctor," he trains Lera Makarova and imparts to her the skills of a professional soldier. However, severe injuries left him with problems with his right arm, so some of his training has to be delegated to someone else.
He's unlike Sergey, who prefers to solve problems with intellect and technology. Oleg is more of a man of action.

Lera is a medical student, athlete, and internet activist. Due to difficult family circumstances, she makes a deal with Sergei Razumovsky and becomes the new Plague Doctor.

By nature she is:

*purposeful and responsible;

• hardworking;
  *fundamentally advocates justice;
• does not like violence and lynching;
  *merciful even to her opponents;
• she is proficient with a katana thanks to her kendo training.

At the same time, Lera is very different from Sergei: she wants to help people without resorting to murder, whereas Razumovsky used the Plague Doctor image much more brutally. Therefore, tension often arises between them. Sergei and Lera are not exactly "teacher and student."

Razumovsky didn't choose Lera by chance. She's practically a perfect fit for his task: she's physically fit, practices kendo, is active online, and genuinely wants to fight injustice. Bubble himself describes her as a goal-oriented, responsible, and principled woman who also abhors violence.

But there is an important nuance: Sergei does not give her free choice.

He helps her family solve their financial problems and offers her the chance to become the new Plague Doctor. Essentially, Lera finds herself dependent on him. Therefore, their relationship has a tinge of manipulation and control from the very beginning. Some reviews directly characterized it as more of a "blackmailer and victim" relationship than a typical mentor-student relationship.

What does Sergei see in Lera?

It seems to me that he has several interests here at once.

1. Potential successor.
   Sergei understands that he can no longer simply return to his former role as Plague Doctor. Therefore, he needs someone who will continue his work, but in a different way.

2. A person with a real sense of justice.
   Lera doesn't kill people for pleasure or glory. Moreover, she finds violence distasteful. This is what fundamentally distinguishes her from the former Sergei.

3. A person who can be trained.
   Sergey literally creates a new high-tech for her

He speaks Italian, French, and English perfectly. He often uses Italian words and quotes in his speech.

In his normal state, Sergei usually says:
*calm and quite intelligent - without rude or overly emotional vocabulary;

• precisely - he formulates his thoughts well and rarely speaks just for the sake of conversation;
  *reserved - especially with strangers;
• sometimes ironic or sarcastic;
  *can speak quite softly, especially with people he trusts;
• likes to demonstrate intellectual superiority, but does not always do it openly.
  He speaks like someone who's used to being listened to. He doesn't necessarily raise his voice to gain control of the conversation.
  🧠 He speaks "through intellect"
  Razumovsky often explains his thoughts logically. Instead of:
  "I don't like this."
  he prefers something like:
  "This doesn't make any sense."
  That is, he can mask his emotional reaction with reasoning.
  This is an important detail of his character: he tends to rationalize his own feelings.
  😏 Sarcasm
  When Sergei feels more confident than his interlocutor, a subtle mockery appears in his speech.
  And it doesn't necessarily have to be an open insult. He can say a completely calm phrase that simultaneously shows:
  "I understand the situation better than you."
  Because of this, his lines can sound quite cold.
  🩸 When the Plague Doctor speaks
  Here the manner becomes completely different.
  The speech is more:
  *theatrical;
• categorical;
  *emotional;
• declarative;
  *filled with images;
• aimed at the public.
  The Plague Doctor doesn't just talk to people - he performs in front of them.
  This particularly suits his image as a “judge”: he neither asks nor persuades, but announces his verdict. Another interesting feature

Sergey knows how to tailor his speech to his interlocutor. With Oleg, he can speak much more simply and warmly, with business people – confidently and rationally, and with an enemy – coldly and mockingly.
Therefore, his speech cannot be described as simply "cold." Rather, it is controlled.
He usually speaks in such a way as to achieve a certain effect on the person.

🧠 The main feature is a dual self-image

Razumovsky has a very strong internal conflict between two sides of his personality. In the stories, he is presented as a man who can simultaneously be the intellectual, gentle, and even shy Sergei, and the extremely cruel Plague Doctor.

The Plague Doctor, however, is more than just "evil Sergei." He is a figure through which his repressed desires, aggression, sense of superiority, and desire to punish those he considers guilty are expressed.

🩸 Traumatic experience

His childhood played a crucial role. Razumovsky found himself early in a situation where he had to endure loneliness, a lack of normal parental support, and psychological pressure.

Several characteristic features emerged from this:

*a strong need for control;

• a painful reaction to betrayal;
  *distrust of people;
• the desire to be intellectually superior to others;
  *difficulties with normal expression of aggression;
• the need for a person he can completely trust.

👤 Oleg Volkov

The relationship with Oleg is practically key to understanding Sergei’s psyche.

Volkov is more than just a friend or bodyguard to him. He's someone with whom Sergei can feel protected and accepted.

Therefore, the loss or threat of losing Volkov is perceived by Razumovsky as particularly painful.

It can be said that Sergei really wants intimacy, but at the same time he is afraid of dependence on another person.

👑 Need for control

This is one of his most noticeable features.

Razumovsky was used to being a person who:

knows more than others → calculates the situation → controls what is happening.

He created "Together", has enormous intellectual abilities and is used to solving problems on his own.

Therefore, a situation that he cannot control can cause him severe anxiety and aggression.

🎭 Why the Plague Doctor mask suits him

The mask has a psychological meaning.

Sergey, as an ordinary person, can be vulnerable, anxious and dependent on each other.

🎨 How does he perceive art?

Razumovsky is an intellectual and very demanding person. Therefore, he likely gravitates toward art that contains ideas, symbolism, complex composition, and hidden meaning, rather than simply a pretty picture.

It is important not to attribute specific favorite paintings to him without confirmation: the available materials about the character confirm his interest in literature, computers, and intellectual pursuits much better than his specific artistic preferences.
He is incredibly knowledgeable about art, painting, and literature, and has a good knowledge of history and the Moscow Art Museum. He can sometimes use quotes in different languages ​​in his speech. His favorite painting is The Birth of Venus, and his favorite artist is Bottecelli.

Name: Sergey Razumovsky
*Nickname: Plague Doctor

• Occupation: programmer, entrepreneur, creator of the social network "Together"
  Main passion: intellectual pursuits, the desire to be smarter than others. Favorite animal: raven 🐦‍⬛
  *Favorite food: chips and donuts 🍩
• Interests: computers, programming, technology, inventions.
  *Character: very intelligent, ambitious, withdrawn, prone to perfectionism.
• Trait: Razumovsky has outstanding intellectual abilities and has shown an interest in technology and computers since childhood.

He is capricious
And this is not just a humorous trait.
Sergei really does retain a certain infantilism.
He is incredibly intelligent, but emotionally he is capable of behaving like a person who has always been allowed to do a lot.
He wants:
*attention;

• entertainment;
  *new impressions;
• beautiful things;
  *control;
• so that others do what he wants.
  If he doesn't like something, he may start whining, getting irritated, or creating a little drama.
  And this is especially funny given that we have before us a man who is capable of organizing an entire criminal operation.

Sergey is very tactile
This is also an important detail of his behavior.
He quite freely violates the personal space of those close to him.
He may hang on, hug, sit next to you, pat you, tug at your clothes, etc.
That is, his manner of communication with close people is much more homely than their status might suggest.

And the contrast is wonderful:
Oleg:

• Sergey, stop it.
  Sergey:
• And I do nothing.
  And continues to do so.

He loves Oleg very much
Sergey and Oleg are practically an odd couple.
Oleg is much more serious, reserved and practical.
Sergey is emotional, talkative, sarcastic and chaotic.
And Sergey knows perfectly well that Oleg won’t get away from him.
That's why he allows himself to do almost everything with it.
He can:
*tease Oleg;

• argue with him;
  *to deliberately irritate;
• to be familiar;
  *treat him as a person who is obliged to tolerate him;
• at the same time trust him completely sincerely.
  And here a very important trait of Sergei appears:
  He becomes attached to people much more strongly than he wants to show.
  Especially to Oleg.
  But he expresses affection in a very peculiar way.
  Not:
  "I'm glad you're here."
  Or rather:
  "So where will you go without me?"

He is very energetic.
Not a "grim, suffering villain," but rather:
"I'm a genius, I came up with everything, now let's see how beautifully it all explodes."
He loves life, entertainment, excitement, attention.
Moreover, after everything that happened, he had a feeling of some impunity.
He is officially dead.
It no longer exists.
And Sergei seems to perceive this as a liberation.
Now he can do almost anything.
He is very self-confident
But not in the "I'm a great villain" way.
Rather, he has a completely natural feeling:
"Of course I'm smarter than you. But is that news?"
He can quite calmly consider a person an idiot and see no need to hide it.
And sometimes he really does behave like a spoiled genius.
He might be bored.
He may be capricious.
He may be deliberately provoking Oleg.
He may laugh at completely inappropriate moments.
And that makes him quite charming - despite how morally questionable he is.

*red hair, medium length, always in disarray, cropped;

• very fair skin;
  *thin build but broad shoulders, athletic build;
• thin, rather sharp facial features;
  *bright eyes;
• noticeable fatigue in appearance;
  a unique, slightly androgynous style.
  He no longer gives the impression of a typical billionaire in an expensive suit.
  On the contrary, there is something eccentric and almost bohemian about it.
  And this fits well with his new lifestyle: he is officially dead, he no longer needs to maintain the image of Sergei Razumovsky, the billionaire and owner of Vmeste.
  He may look rather sloppy, dress strangely, lie around somewhere in the house, walk barefoot and generally behave as if the rules of decency exist only for other people.