Illya Kuryakin

Illya Kuryakin is a male television character who features in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Biography

Illya Kuryakin

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin were later sent on a mission to stop Gervaise Ravel from using a gas that induces a state of fear and anxiety to create political havoc.

While investigating a series of kidnappings, Solo and Illya encounter Captain Shark who was creating a modern-day Noah's Ark with the intention of repopulating the world in the event of a nuclear holocaust.

Solo and Illya devise a scheme to discredit a Balkan diplomat. Illya goes undercover as an operative from the diplomat’s home country who has been sent to investigate Project Strigas.

Illya Kuryakin was recalled to the USSR when it emerged that rockets carrying a fungus were endangering the Russian wheat harvest.

Overview

Powers and abilities

Kuryakin spoke many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Italian and Japanese.

He was a secret agent with a range of weapons and explosives skills, and is described in the series as holding a master's degree from the Sorbonne and a Ph.D. in Quantum Mechanics from the University of Cambridge.

Kuryakin attended the University of Georgia in Ukraine, where he studied gymnastics among other things.

He came to be recruited into the secret international counterespionage and law-enforcement agency called United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.).

Notes

• Illya Kuryakin was created by Sam Rolfe and Norman Felton where he was portrayed by actor David McCallum and featured in the setting of the The Man from U.N.C.L.E. universe.

In other media

Films

• In The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Illya Kuryakin appeared in the setting of the 2015 live-action film adaptation where he was portrayed by actor Armie Hammer. This interpretation of the character, however, differs from that of the television series. Hammer portrays Kuryakin as a short-tempered, violent and volatile KGB assassin traumatized by the past of his parents, particularly his father, a top government official, who was caught stealing from Joseph Stalin's party funds and was exiled to Gulag. Kuryakin was the youngest man to ever join the KGB Special Forces, becoming one of their best "within three years," which was a way to deal with the shame his family was left in.

Appearances

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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