Olesia Sokolova

Olesia Sokolova is the granddaughter of Dmitri Sokolov, currently studying at a university in her home country of Ukraine. Like her mother and grandfather, she is a communist, and was particularly active in the Ukrainian "Riots of Dignity".

Birth
Olesia Sokolova was born to Yekaterina Sokolov (daughter of Dmitri Sokolov) and Andriy Kolisnyk; Andriy being a Ukrainian national that Yekaterina had met and dated starting on a business trip to Ukraine on behalf of Bratva Oktyabrya. Although potential power imbalances and cultural disrespect prevented the two from marrying, they were in love, and had decided to move to Andriy's birthplace of Kiev (instead of New York City or St. Petersburg, to which Olesia traced her roots) to avoid potential Bratva ties and thus trouble with the law.

Early Life
Olesia was raised in the city she was born for most of her childhood, despite a temporary move to Crimea by her parents to chase work. Her childhood was fairly normal, and, as Dmitri approved of the domestic partnership between Yekaterina and Andriy, was quite close with her grandfather; the Russian would often visit Kiev to see his family, bringing gifts and drunken political ramblings.

These ramblings, along with the communist political views of her mother, lead Olesia to self-identify as communist, and join the Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistychna Partiya Ukrayiny, or KPU) as a youth activist.

Euromaidan Riots
In 2014, Ukraine was torn apart by a series of violent, antigovernmental riots referred to as the "Revolution of Dignity" or "Euromaidan Riots". The KPU, originally underestimating how bad things would get, was involved in the Euromaidan Protests (the progenitor of the Euromaidan Riots) before they turned violent. Although younger members were sent home when the situation got bloody, Olesia - who was 17 at the time - opted to remain in Kiev and participate on behalf of the KPU.

Bratva Involvement
Olesia's bravery during the Revolution of Dignity, and obvious ardent support of communism, troubled her parents, but they understood they could not keep her from the truth much longer: Yekaterina revealed her past with the Bratva to her daughter, as well as Dmitri's involvement, and offered her to go live with her father, should she choose to peruse a future with the Vory v Zakone. Although she was eager, Olesia felt she would first like to attend college; she went on to study medicine at the University of Kiev, promised a spot with Oktyabrya when she felt ready to join their ranks.

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Trivia

 * Olesia is named with a matronymic.
 * Although "Olesia" is a Ukrainian name, her matronymic and last name are formatted in Russian.