Real name: Piotr (Peter) Nikolaievitch Rasputin
Other aliases: (former) Colossus, Peter Nicholas, The Poletarian
Identity: Secret
Occupation: (current) Adventurer, (former) Artist, Student, Submersive, second-in-command of Factor Three
Legal status: Russian citizen, now living in the United States under a special arrangement made for him by Professor Charles Xavier, with no criminal record; now naturalized American citizen
Place of Birth: Ust-Ordynski Collective, near Lake Baikal, Siberia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Nikolai Rasputin (father, deceased), Alexandra Rasputina (mother, deceased), Illyana Nikolovna Rasputina (anglicized to Rasputin, also known as Magik, sister), Mikhail Rasputin (brother, deceased)
Base of operations: (current) Unknown, (former) Muir Isle, Scotland, Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York; a loft in Soho, Manhattan, Ust-Ordynski Collective, Lake Baikal, Siberia, U.S.S.R., X-Men Headquarters in Australian outback
Group affiliation: (current) Horsemen of the Apocalypse, (former) Excalibur, X-Men
History: Piotr Rasputin was born on the Soviet collective farm called the Ust-Ordynski Collective near Lake Baikal in Siberia. His superhuman powers emerged in adolescence. At first, Rasputin was content simply to use these powers to aid the other people of the Collective.
    However, Rasputin was contacted by Professor Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men, when Xavier was organizing a new team of mutant X-Men to help him rescue the original X-Men from the sentient island Krakoa. Rasputin agreed to leave the farm community in which he was born and raised to go to America with Xavier. Xavier gave Rasputin the code name "Colossus" and Rasputin aided Xavier's other new recruits in their battle against Krakoa. After the battle was won, Rasputin remained in the United States with the new X-Men while the rest of his family stayed on the farm.
    

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