Voronin

What brings you here, brother?
― General Voronin

General Voronin is the leader of Duty during the events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. He is also mentioned in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

Background

One of the Duty founders and their leading idea-monger. Responsible for the faction's sacred code. He recruited almost all of Duty key members^{[non-game. 1]}. He is a strict and intolerant man with little time to waste, acting agitated and with little patience whenever interacting with the player^{[non-game. 2]}.

Voronin came into power after General Krylov. After becoming the leader of Duty, Voronin made a cease-fire pact with the Freedom faction, essentially an agreement to avoid open conflict. While some rogue elements of Duty disobey these orders, he takes no action against them. He most likely made the pact as Duty cannot hold both their territories and the Barrier at the same time. That being the case, the two factions struck a deal to preserve themselves.

Appearances

Shadow of Chernobyl

He can be found at the Duty base in the Bar. Note that the Marked One won't be able to access the HQ until after he has been to Lab X-16 and talked to the Barkeep. If the player tries to go to Voronin before visiting X16, Duty members in the area will become hostile and fire on sight.

He offers a quest to retrieve a Bulldog 6 from the Army Warehouses, after what he offers a number of side missions.

Related missions

Destroy the bandits Destroy the controller at Yantar Destroy the detachment of Mercs Destroy the herd of fleshes Destroy the Mercs in the Wild Territory Destroy the pseudodogs Destroy the security post of the Mercs Destroy the stalkers' camp

Find the enhanced rifle Get rid of the pack of dogs Kill the bandits Destroy the zombie Neutralize the bandit Obtain an Bulldog 6 from Freedom Purge the freedomers

Call of Pripyat

Voronin does not appear in the game itself but is mentioned in both of Zulu's ending slides, revealing that he is still alive and Duty is still in control of the Bar during the events of Call of Pripyat.

• If Zulu survives the events of the game, the ending reveals that he had a face-to-face meeting with Voronin, after what he was given the command of a large Duty squad on their way to the center of the Zone.
• If Zulu is killed during the events of the game, the ending reveals that Voronin chose to posthumously award Zulu with the Silver Shield, Duty's highest decoration.

Heart of Chornobyl

Voronin still commands Duty by the events of Heart of Chornobyl. He signed the peace treaty with Freedom which resulted from Duty pulling out from Rostok and setting up a new base of operations at the Cement Factory.

Dialogue

Development

	This article or section is based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl cut content and may contain inaccurate information or speculation.

• A number of his side missions were cut from the game. In particular, he was meant to give the player the order to kill Lukash, although in the final version of the game, it is Skull that gives this mission^{[non-game. 3]}.
• Voronin was also meant to induct the player into Duty. Although the ability to join Duty was cut from the game, the game's string tables still contain dialogue lines where Voronin has the player swear the oath^{[non-game. 4]}.
• He has a number of unused idle dialogue lines which can be found in the game files^[1]:

	End of information based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl cut content.

Gallery

Trivia

• Voronin tends to switch his primary weapon – the VLA special assault rifle – for the Sniper TRs 301 after he obtains the weapon from Marked One. He will also use the Bulldog 6 to defend himself after the player has finished the Obtain an Bulldog 6 from Freedom quest.
• Voronin's death will immediately cause all Duty loudspeaker broadcasts in the Rostok area to cease.
• His name is a possible reference to Andrei Voronin, the protagonist of the 1972 science fiction novel The Doomed City, which was written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, the authors of Roadside Picnic.

References

v · d · e Duty
Locations	Garbage Agroprom Bar Yantar Army Warehouses Red Forest The area around Jupiter
Notable members	Clear Sky Bandicoot Sergeant Cheersov Fyokl Inquisitor Kolobok General Krylov Milutin Mister Mitay Semyon Semyonovich Thunderov Major Zvyagintsev Shadow of Chernobyl Barin Brome Bullet Captive Dutyer Duty prisoner Duty saboteur Captain Ivantsov Sergeant Kitsenko Colonel Petrenko Sergeant Plichko Shaggy Sergei Colonel Skull Skull's second-in-command General Voronin "Get Out Of Here Stalker" Guard Warrant Officer (Garbage) Warrant Officer (Rostok) Call of Pripyat Lieutenant Bunchuk Major Chepurny Lieutenant Gavrilenko Colonel Kosmach Morgan Lieutenant Colonel Shulga General Tachenko Lieutenant Zakharchuk Zulu
Equipment	Armaments AC-96/2 AKM-74/2 AKM-74/2U Eliminator Fora-12 RP-74 SA Avalanche SIP-t M200 SPSA-14 SVDm-2 Tunder S14 · RGD-5 grenade F1 grenade Armour Gas mask Sphere M12 helmet PS5-M Universal Protection PSZ-9d Duty suit PSZ-9Md Universal Protection PSZ-9d Duty armour Exoskeleton