Reznov was born in Tsaritsyn, Tsarist Russia, on April 20, 1913, and joined the Red Army some time before the start of World War II. According to Reznov, his father was a musician who played music on his violin when Stalingrad was besieged by the Nazis. His music brought hope to his countrymen, but for Germans it was a symbol of defiance. His father's throat was slit while he slept, one of the many reasons why Reznov hated Nazi soldiers. Reznov first appears in the "Revenge" level, as a sniper who assassinates German General Heinrich Amsel, the author of the pain in Stalingrad. One of the German Holocaust survivors, he evaded death by playing dead. This was the first time that he and Dimitri Petrenko met each other, and Reznov explained his situation to Dimitri. No longer able to be a sniper, Reznov gave Dimitri his sniper rifle and then asked him to eliminate the German General Heinrich Amsel. Reznov suggested that Dimitri kill German soldiers in the street as German bombers flew over, in order to cover up the sound of the gunfire. He led Dimitri to escape to the Red Army position and dealt with a German sniper and multiple German soldiers equipped with flamethrowers.
They were then rescued by Red Army squad leader Delsky and his squad, and continued their attack on the Nazis. After a fierce battle, Dimitri sniped Amsel, and Reznov gave Dimitri a hearty laugh. They quickly avoided attacks by German soldiers and armored fighting vehicles. Reznov jumped into the river after killing some German soldiers, and Dimitri soon jumped into the river with him. Since Reznov's finger was broken, he could not use a rifle, so he became a submachine gunner and has been using a Bobosha-41 submachine gun ever since. The view that it was confirmed that his finger was broken three years later is wrong, because at the beginning of the revenge level, Reznov clearly told the protagonist that his finger was injured and could not use the sniper rifle, so he gave the sniper rifle to the protagonist. Three years later, on April 18, 1945, in Schlaufer Heights, Germany, Soviet troops pushed toward Berlin. Commander Reznov alone led the new recruit Chernov to rescue Dimitri from three German soldiers (when he pulled Dimitri up, you can see that his fingers were still missing). Reznov often told other soldiers to use Dimitri as an example, especially Chernov, who was shocked by the retaliatory violence his comrades committed against German soldiers. For example, in the level "Their Land, Their Blood", when the T-34 tanks broke into the house where Dimitri was, Reznov and Chernov came in and killed some Germans, although these Germans Can die from excessive bleeding. Reznov gave Dimitri a Mosin-Nagant gun and told Dimitri to kill these damn German soldiers even though they were dying. Dimitri kills German soldiers. Reznov and Dimitri saw the atrocities committed by the Germans in Stalingrad, and they felt it was not a pity.
In the level "Heart of the Empire", when Chernov was writing his diary, Reznov warned Chernov, "If you are not willing to kill the enemy for the motherland, at least let me see you. Willing to die for her” and handing him the Soviet flag that must be planted in the Reichstag, Reznov also noted that “no one will read this”. When Chernov was burned by the Spitfire, Reznov shouted: "Chernov, no!" After Chernov fell, Reznov picked up Chernov's diary and said "Someone should read this," going against what he said and thought earlier. Another soldier held the flag, but was killed on the roof. Reznov asked Dimitri to get the flag and plant it. When Dimitri went to plant the flag, he was wounded by a German soldier with a Walther P38. Reznov immediately jumped over, hacked the soldier with a knife, and kicked him downstairs. He then helps Dimitri get up and tells Dimitri that he can do it and that he will always live. Reznov cuts off the Nazi flag and lets Dimitri plant the Soviet flag. He said the two of them would return home as heroes. Reznov mentioned many times that Dimitri was the heart of the Soviet army. If Dimitri lived, the Soviet army would not be destroyed. Reznov must have been captured and imprisoned in Vorkuta, where he survived for eighteen years. There he met Alex Mason, an American CIA agent who had been captured during the assassination operation against Castro, and gained his trust and protection in prison.
Because of these guarantees, Reznov took advantage of Steiner and Dragovich's brainwashing of Mason, letting "Dragovich, Kravchenko, Steiner must die" overwrite the original order
Reznov led the Vorkuta prison uprising. He and Mason attracted the attention of the guards through a fake fight, with Mason knocking out the guard and obtaining the key, while Reznov led the prisoners to the ground. A Soviet prisoner expressed doubts about Mason's trust, but Reznov explained to him that they were all "soldiers without generals" who had been abandoned by their superiors. Reznov continued to lead the riot and occupied the arsenal, allowing Mason to clear the way with an M134 to ensure they could get out. He dragged Mason out of the tear gas fog and found two motorcycles. The two drove the motorcycles to catch up with a Soviet truck and catch up with the speeding train. In order to allow Mason to escape, Reznov asked Mason to jump on a train and escape. He himself drove a truck alone to fight with the pursuers, and his life and death were unknown. Considered dead at this time by Jason Hudson. During the Vietnam War, SOG was sent to Hue City to meet with a Soviet defector and obtained an important document about the Nova 6 poison gas. To Mason's surprise, the Soviet defector was Reznov. Reznov gave Mason the documents and told him that Dragovich and Kravchenko were nearby. Reznov had been fighting alongside Mason, but was missing during the U.S. invasion of Laos. After Mason's helicopter crashed, he showed up again and said that Sergeant Woods was a good man and that Mason made the right choice. He and Mason met again in the Vietnam tunnel. At this time, team member Swift turned around and asked what happened. It seemed that there was no proof that he had come into contact with Reznov. When the clips were played, it was proven that Reznov was a figment of Mason's imagination.
After Kravchenko was presumed dead, Reznov accompanied Mason on the attack on Rebirth Island. The two of them fought their way to Steiner's office, where Reznov shot him dead with a Makarov pistol. Mason insisted that Reznov killed Steiner. However, Hudson and Wilf witnessed the real events, seeing Mason kill Steiner and claim to be Viktor Reznov.
During Mason's interrogation, Hudson and Wilf revealed that the real Reznov should have been dead for five years, and he died on the way to escape from Vorkuta. Through Mason's brainwashing, Reznov instilled in him a personal plan to kill Dragovich, Kravchenko, Steiner, immersing him in this goal, although he had other goals, allowing He inadvertently continued Reznov's wishes. Reznov is a vision of Mason's guardian angel, who may also have multiple personality disorders.
In the end, Mason finally killed Dragovich, and he heard Reznov congratulate him for doing everything Reznov could not do.
In 1986, Mason and Frank Woods went to the Afghan Jihad to gather intelligence on Raul Menendez. Through the exchange of intelligence, the jihadist leaders promised Mason that they would help repel the Soviet attack. During the attack, Mason discovered that Kravchenko was still alive and leading the Soviets in a Soviet tank. As Mason beat Kravchenko on top of the tank, the numbers were still in his head, and he could hear Reznov telling him "Kravchenko must die."
After being captured by Mason and Woods, Kravchenko was questioned about his relationship with Raul Menendez. During the interrogation, brainwashed numbers and the voice of Reznov killing Kravchenko appeared in Mason's mind. The player is given two choices, either to resist the brainwashing and listen to what Kravchenko said, or to listen to the brainwashing. Kill him (note that if you kill Kravchenko without completing the interrogation, it will be easy to deviate from the ending line and go to the BAD END, but the key is at the end where the player controls the shot that Woods takes to hit the masked man. If you kill him The masked man is BAD END. If it's a kick, it's GOODEND. If you listen to Kravchenko, there will be a prompt before Woods shoots.) Regardless of the choice, Mason and his son are reunited. Woods would be picked up by jihadists, beaten and left to die in the desert. After some time passed, Mason saw Reznov, dressed in desert attire, riding on a horse. Reznov dismounted and gave Mason a jug of water.
In 2025, David Mason and Frank Woods discuss the day Reznov helped Alex Mason escape.
In any case, Woods denied that it was really Reznov, and explained that if he saved it, why he didn't stay around for a while, which should explain something..., and of course there is more An important detail is that the finger of "Reznov" who saved Mason is intact, which is obviously inconsistent with the condition of Reznov's own finger being mutilated, so it should be Mason's hallucination that the passerby mistook him for Reznov. Reznov's life and death are still a mystery. The most widely accepted theory now is that he died. Unfortunately, he fell into the hands of the enemy while escaping and was executed on the spot or died in a labor camp. But if you press the Space button wildly in the main menu of "Call of Duty: Black Ops", Alex Mason can stand up and use the computer on the right behind the chair to find that there is a man named John Trent who is providing intelligence to the CIA behind the scenes. The person is most likely Reznov.
Some people also believe that Reznov did not die on the other side of the truck, but died when Mason encountered tear gas. The basis for this theory is that Reznov was later found not to be in the truck. As for the truth about whether Reznov is alive or dead, we can only wait for further official answers. However, Reznov did not die in the car (you can use "noclip" to go to the window of Reznov's car and see that he is still driving)
If Reznov is really alive , he may have jumped into the river nearby (players in the car can see a river near the car).
In "Call of Duty 9: Black Ops 2", Reznov appeared in the old Mason's mind again. When Mason, Woods, Chief Hudson and Chinese soldier Zhao Tian were betrayed by Muslims and thrown into the desert, Reznov appeared in Mason's imagination and saved him again (Mason's brainwashing effect has not disappeared)
In "Call of Duty: Black Ops", the English letters and numbers at the beginning of each level can form a sentence: reznov is dead, or is he dead? there was no body, is he who he says he is ?
Reznov is dead, or is he really dead? Without his body, was he really who he said he was?
In the small computer of Black Ops, a portrait of a man named Wolf can be found in Mason's mailbox. This man is very similar to Reznov.
However, according to the official video released by TGS in 2015, integrating the story line Black Ops 3 of the entire Black Ops series (including the story of Call of Duty: World at War), Reznov was He died during the escape on October 6, 1963. This character who played throughout the film was confirmed to be dead. In the end, many suspicions about Reznov's ending were settled with the release of the official plot video. Original video text: "OCTOBER 6, 1963 VICTOR REZNOV LOSES HIS LIFE DURING THE ESCAPE ATTEMPT FROM VORKUTA. "