Nikolai Orelov is the central playable character in Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia.
Nikolai is a Russian Assassin active during the revolutionary period of 1918. The side-scrolling game follows his attempt to recover a valuable artifact from the Bolsheviks while protecting Anastasia Nikolaevna, who is portrayed in the game as connected to the Assassin conflict.
Chronicles: Russia was released in 2016 as the third and final part of the Assassin's Creed Chronicles trilogy. Its visual style and gameplay differ from the main 3D games, emphasizing stealth routes, ranged tools, and 2.5D movement. The setting includes Moscow and events associated with the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.
Nikolai is sometimes confused with Daniel Cross, another Russian-linked character in the franchise, but Cross is a modern-era figure and not the protagonist of this game. Arbaaz Mir leads the India chapter, while Shao Jun leads the China chapter.