Nikolai Stanislofsky - Season 3

Season 3

Nikolai is a Russian Jew arrested for the possession of stolen goods with an intent to sell. When he initially arrives in Oz, Agamemnon Busmalis warns him that it might be difficult to adjust; however, Stanislofsky assures him that he spent 7 years in a Soviet Gulag, and that adjusting will be no problem. Originally, he had heard that his friend Alexander Vogel was killed by Richie Hanlon. He didn't know that it was really Vern Schillinger's doing. Upon his arrival, he kept a low profile until he saw that Hanlon's death sentence was overturned. Stanislofsky approached Richie in the shower and once he had a grip on Richie, he cut Hanlon's throat with a hidden razor blade kept in his mouth. Stanislofsky rinsed the razor in the water, and left the scene. After executing his "enemy," Stanislofsky continued to keep a low profile, until Yuri Kosygin came into the mix. Kosygin was a Russian cossack and a professional killer. The Russian hitman had his sights set on eliminating Stanislofsky, and this was something that made Ryan O'Reily quite glad. Once Yuri had Stanislofsky alone in a study room, he sealed the doors and managed to stab Stanislofsky right before the guards showed up to save Nikolai. Yuri was sent to isolation and Stanislofsky had to recover. When the racial tension reached an all-time high during Stanislofsky's recovery, Schillinger asked all the Whites including the Jewish Stanislofsky to stick together against the majority Black inmates.