This article is about the Russian Mafia featured in GTA San Andreas. For other Russian gangs, see Russian Mafia.
The Russian Mafia is a gang featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. They are minor antagonists in the game, and one of the lesser-appearing gangs.
History[]
Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
The Russian Mafia is one of the gangs affiliated with C.R.A.S.H. and Big Smoke, alongside the Ballas, Los Santos Vagos, and the San Fierro Rifa. Compared to the other gangs in the 'league', the Russian Mafia is a more 'secondary' gang in the partnership, acting more as a support than an official member.
Shortly after the gang's arrival to Los Santos, they are attacked in the Atrium building in Commerce by Big Smoke (then still a member of GSF) and Carl Johnson. They are also attacked by the latter during a deal with the Ballas, during which they are dressed like mechanics. Both the Russians and the Ballas fail to stop Johnson from ruining the meeting.
A Russian mobster makes a cameo appearance during Key to Her Heart, when Millie Perkins walks out of Caligula's Casino into her car.
They make a final appearance at Big Smoke's Crack Palace, attempting to protect Big Smoke and eliminate Carl Johnson. Ultimately, the Russians, alongside the other gangs, are defeated.
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Trivia[]
- In GTA San Andreas they appear as immigrants, who came from Russia to the United States after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR. This fact is mentioned in Just Business and Gray Imports missions.
- Considering some facts like unused model of mafia boss in the game files, Russian Mafia were supposed to be a gang and thus have a bigger role in the game, but it seems that for unknown reasons Rockstar decided to scrap that idea.
- The two used models of the Russian Mafia are used in the poster for the movie Sonny Forelli: A Real Story in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- It appears that the Russian Mafia was originally going to be called "The Grays" by other gangs in the beta version of the game. Some references to this can still be heard in the final version, through
VLA1
's quote: "The Grays control your flunkies, holmes!" andBallas1
's quote: "I can't stand the Grays or the Aztecas". The mission name "Gray Imports" seems to allude to this nickname as well. Unused Gang 10, one of the two scrapped gangs, uses dark gray as its default territory color when spawned via trainer.
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Gangs in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | |
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African-American Street Gangs | Grove Street Families (Seville Boulevard Families | Temple Drive Families) | Ballas (Front Yard Ballas | Rollin' Heights Ballas | Kilo Tray Ballas | Temple Drive Ballas) |
Hispanic Street Gangs | Varrios Los Aztecas | Los Santos Vagos | San Fierro Rifa |
Asian Criminal Organizations | San Fierro Triads (Mountain Cloud Boys | Red Gecko Tong | Blood Feather Triad) | Da Nang Boys | Butterfly Children* | Shining Razors* |
Mafia Families | Italian Mafia (Leone Crime Family | Sindacco Crime Family | Forelli Crime Family) | Russian Mafia |
Others | Loco Syndicate | San Andreas Bikers | Survivalists | Liquor Store Bandits | Snake Farmers | Hitmen | Los Santos Civilian Defense Force* | Madd Dogg's Security Team |
* denotes mentioned only
Category:Gangs | Category:Gangs in GTA San Andreas |