Dr. Ivan
Early life
Dr. Ivan Adrikovič Simirnov a.k.a 'Dr. Ivan' (Russian Cyrillic: Иван Адрикович Симирнов) born on September 24, 1938 in Norilsk to young nurse Olesya Aleksandrovna Konikova (Russian Cyrillic: Олеся Александровна Коникова) and Yegor Afanasievič Simirnov (Russian Cyrillic: Егор Афанасиевич Симирнов) a nickle miner.
Not much is known about Dr. Ivan's childhood apart from that he attended elementary school in Norilsk and then studied Molecular and Theoretical Biology at the Novosibirsk State University (Новосибирский государственный университет - НГУ). Dr. Ivan's whereabouts after graduating from the Novosibirsk State University are unknown although it is speculated that he worked on the Soviet Biological Weapons Program in Sverdlovsk
Before the infection
Apart from the speculations that Dr. Ivan worked on the Soviet Biological Weapons Program in Sverdlovsk not much is known about what he was up to before the infection broke out, although from documents found in a secret laboratory under Sabina where it is said that he worked, it is evident that he was present on Taviana S.S.R for a few years before the infection broke out. How, when and why he come to the Taviana S.S.R is unknown.
