Editing The Hunt for Red October (section)

===The Soviets===
* '''[[Captain First Rank]] Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius''': Soviet submarine captain who commands the ''Red October'', the [[Soviet Navy]]'s newest ballistic missile submarine. His decision to defect was spurred by personal factors. His wife, Natalia, had died at the hands of an intoxicated and incompetent doctor; however, the doctor escaped punishment because he was the son of a Politburo member. Natalia's untimely death, combined with Ramius's long-standing disillusionment with the callousness of Soviet rule and his fear of ''Red October''{{'}}s destabilizing effect on world affairs, exhausts his tolerance for the failings of the Soviet system.
* '''Captain Second Rank Viktor Aleksievich Tupolev''': Commanding officer of the {{sclass2|Alfa|submarine|0}} attack submarine ''[[Vladimir Konovalov|V. K. Konovalov]]'' and Ramius's former student.
* '''Captain Second Rank Vasily Borodin''': Executive officer of ''Red October''
* '''Dr. Yevgeni Konstantinovich Petrov''': ''Red October''{{'}}s medical officer
* '''Igor Loginov''': [[GRU (Soviet Union)|GRU]] intelligence officer, on duty aboard the ''Red October'' as a cook in order to prevent the defection or capture of the vessel
* '''Alexei Arbatov''': Soviet ambassador to the United States
* '''Captain Second Rank Ivan Yurievich Putin''': Political officer (''zampolit'') aboard the ''Red October''. Killed by Ramius so that he will not interfere with his defection.
* '''Admiral Yuri Ilyich Padorin''': Chief political officer for the Soviet Navy, Ramius's uncle-in-law and mentor