Sergei Arkhipov
Names: Sergei ArkhipovSergeiComrade Colonel
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 40 (18)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 40Arkhipov, the London KGB resident, keeps watch outside Jamie's house, apparently to ensure no rival faction tries a kidnapping, since Russians and Americans have ruled it out.
- Ch 56Sergei is a KGB colonel and ulcer sufferer, a non-operant 'shortbrain' who resents longbrains but is tasked with securing the General Secretary's speech.
Connections
- member ofKGB
- enemy ofFabian Finsterholds him as a mental captive
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 40Jamie's astral journey to Islay
Before the demonstration, Jamie spots Arkhipov watching his house, then travels out of body to Islay where Gran reassures and blesses him in Gaelic.
- Book 1 · Ch 56Debrief on the Congress mood
Kamil reports to Sergei that foreign operants regret the force used on Muslim riots but largely support the USSR, ahead of the General Secretary's speech.
- Book 1 · Ch 56Finster seizes Sergei
At the Arman Café, Finster, posing as J. Smith, takes total mental control of Sergei and mentions the Grand Mufti's assassination in Tashkent.
- Book 1 · Ch 56Assassination plot at the speech
As the General Secretary's speech winds down, Finster, controlling Sergei's body, prepares to kill him on television, a plan that would benefit both O'Connor and Kumylzhensky.