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    Niko Bellic

    Character » appears in 2 games

    The anti-hero protagonist from GTAIV, Niko is of Serbo-Croatian ethnicity, and an army veteran of the civil strife of the Balkans during the early to mid 90's. He finds himself quickly disillusioned by the fallacy of the "American Dream" after emigrating from the former Yugoslavia to Liberty City.

    Do you think Niko is Russian or Serbian?

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    #1  Edited By OutOfBounds9000

    Theres been some talking about if Niko is russian or serbian.What do you think?

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    #2  Edited By Karmum

    Well, the gamepage says he was either from Croatia or Serbia, because he was a Veteran of the Bosnian War. So that probably rules out Russian.

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    #3  Edited By Venatio

    He is Serbian...

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    #4  Edited By Akeldama

    eastern euro is good for me 

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    #6  Edited By dbz1995

    I think hes Spanish...

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    #7  Edited By Keyser_Soze

    He's 1/2 Serbian, 1/4 Croat, 1/4 Bosnian and lived most of his life in nowaday Kosovo. Oooh touchy. I want a Serb v Croat v Bosnian v Kosovan online war right now.

    And just to get things going Josip Tito was a better leader than that imbecile Milosevic was anyday.

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    #9  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    He's not Russian. He says that several times during the game. I believe he is either Serbian or Croatian.

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    #10  Edited By gearhead

    I thought he was from Canada. >_>

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    #11  Edited By damswedon
    @MattyFTM said:
    " He's not Russian. He says that several times during the game. I believe he is either Serbian or Croatian. "
    he's right Niko says he hates ruskies a ton of time during the game
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    #12  Edited By dbz1995
    @PeasForFees said:
    " @dbz1995 said:
    " I think hes Spanish... "
    Are you a Moron? "
    Yes. Yes I am.
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    @PeasForFees said:
    "@dbz1995 said:
    " I think hes Spanish... "
    Are you a Moron?"
    Sarcasm bud....sarcasm.
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    #14  Edited By Suicrat

    Well, what language is he speaking when he's speaking his native language? We know for a fact it isn't Russian, but it almost definitely is a language from one of the Balkan states.

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    #15  Edited By PowerSerj
    @PeasForFees said:
    " @dbz1995 said:
    " I think hes Spanish... "
    Are you a Moron? "
    Oh snap! Shit just got real!
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    #16  Edited By Milkman

    I'm pretty sure the game tells you that he's Serbian.

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    #17  Edited By dsplayer1010

    The game never says where he's from, but Niko makes it clear that he isn't Russian.

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    #18  Edited By PureRok

    I believe on his singles page it says he's Serbian. Either that, or it was on the police records. I know it wasn't specifically told to you in the main story, but there is a place in-game that tells you. I don't remember where exactly, but I do remember reading it.

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    #19  Edited By Forcen

    He speaks Serbian in the cutscenes.

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    #20  Edited By OutOfBounds9000
    @Suicrat: He speaks serbian/croatian (Serbian and croatian is the same language)Because i can speak that language...a lil bit.
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    #21  Edited By Captain_Insano

    He's Serbian, no question about it

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    #22  Edited By aceedkins
    @OutOfBounds9000 said:
    " Theres been some talking about if Niko is russian or serbian.What do you think? "
    He's definitely not russian. I remember at one point playboy X keeps referring to Nico as Russian, and he keeps correcting him.
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    #23  Edited By KowalskiManDown

    There's no debate here. Niko IS Serbian.

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    #24  Edited By nvmfst

    I can't remember what part of the game this happens. It is most likely after he says he's Serbian, but he does say he fought in the war. The only major war that occurred in Eastern Europe was the Bosnian War. There were others too, but it's the most famous.

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    #25  Edited By kssunderland
    @aceedkins: You spelt his name wrong, you dumbass....
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    #26  Edited By aceedkins
    @kssunderland said:
    " @aceedkins: You spelt his name wrong, you dumbass.... "
    This was a worthwhile post. It contributed to the topic greatly.
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    #27  Edited By OutOfBounds9000
    @dcpc10: I completed the game three times!
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    #28  Edited By hockeymask27

    he's not russian as many people pointed out. Nut who cares where he is form anyway.

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    #29  Edited By Loc95

    I do. Well, people, Niko is Serbiaaaan... it was revealed that he was born in Yugoslavia (old name of Serbia). And he can't be Canadian as someone mentioned it. His accent is too bad (if someone doesn't know - Canadians also speak English)
     
    And I'm sure that the language he sometimes used isn't Russian. But I can't bet everything on that's Serbian. End. :P

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    #30  Edited By tebbit
    @Loc95 said:
    Canadians also speak English
    what
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    #31  Edited By OutOfBounds9000
    @Loc95 said:
    " I do. Well, people, Niko is Serbiaaaan... it was revealed that he was born in Yugoslavia (old name of Serbia). And he can't be Canadian as someone mentioned it. His accent is too bad (if someone doesn't know - Canadians also speak English) And I'm sure that the language he sometimes used isn't Russian. But I can't bet everything on that's Serbian. End. :P "
    Yes,we know it was called Yugoslavia before the war.We did not skip history class,alright.....*sigh*
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    #32  Edited By OutOfBounds9000
    @Tebbit: I hate u
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    #33  Edited By leky1
    @Keyser_Soze said:
    " He's 1/2 Serbian, 1/4 Croat, 1/4 Bosnian and lived most of his life in nowaday Kosovo. Oooh touchy. I want a Serb v Croat v Bosnian v Kosovan online war right now.And just to get things going Josip Tito was a better leader than that imbecile Milosevic was anyday. "
    yup
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    #34  Edited By unclejohnny79

    hes from the old country

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    #35  Edited By MysteriousBob
    @dbz1995 said:
    " I think hes Spanish... "
    Ha. Funny. 
     
    Anyway, Lost and Damned pretty much said flat out that hes Serbian.
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    #36  Edited By OutOfBounds9000
    @unclejohnny79: Hrmm,true.
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    #37  Edited By CornontheCobbe
    "It is suggested that Niko was born in Yugoslavia and grew up in a small town in modern-day Serbia."
     
    I'd say he's Serbian.
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    #38  Edited By wwfundertaker

    He is from Serbia.

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    #39  Edited By Nate
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    #40  Edited By Nate
    @MysteriousBob said:
    " @dbz1995 said:
    " I think hes Spanish... "
    Ha. Funny.  Anyway, Lost and Damned pretty much said flat out that hes Serbian. "
    Thanks for the SPOILER jerk!  I haven't played TLAD yet  . . . jk  :)
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    #41  Edited By Ghostiet

    Why the fuck people still post in an old topic to which an answer was given 50 FUCKING TIMES?

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    #42  Edited By IchiroYagiza

    He's Serbian.

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    #43  Edited By CornontheCobbe
    @Ghostiet said:
    " Why the fuck people still post in an old topic to which an answer was given 50 FUCKING TIMES? "
    Because it's more of a debate. People are just answering the question asked i guess.
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    #44  Edited By Ghostiet
    @CornontheCobbe said:

    " @Ghostiet said:
    " Why the fuck people still post in an old topic to which an answer was given 50 FUCKING TIMES? "Because it's more of a debate. People are just answering the question asked i guess. "

    Maybe it's just me, but when people visit a topic and leave one sentence which was already posted 30 times and do not offer anything more to the discussion, this can hardly pass as a debate.

    Not to forget someone bumped a month old topic that was left answered a million times.

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    #45  Edited By hatking
    @Ghostiet said:
    "@CornontheCobbe said:

    " @Ghostiet said:
    " Why the fuck people still post in an old topic to which an answer was given 50 FUCKING TIMES? "Because it's more of a debate. People are just answering the question asked i guess. "

    Maybe it's just me, but when people visit a topic and leave one sentence which was already posted 30 times and do not offer anything more to the discussion, this can hardly pass as a debate.

    Not to forget someone bumped a month old topic that was left answered a million times.

    "

    He is Serbian.
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    #46  Edited By CornontheCobbe
    @Ghostiet: This is true. I see where your coming from. Haha, and it's been way over a month too, so i don't know why we really bothered bumping it!!
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