Ilya Luzhkov

"No worries, darling, I'm an open book. Half of it is redacted, censored, and made up - but otherwise, completely open."

- Ilya

Avdotya Ilyinichna "Ilya" Luzhkov is an inmate at San Hill, and one of the The March Nine.

Appearance
Ilya is pale skinned and heavily tattooed with a small and slender build. She has white, curly hair that reaches her shoulders. Her eyes are vividly blue.

Personality
Ilya is personable and charismatic, often knowing just what to say and how to say it in order to get her way. She has been shown to embellish the truth or make up lies to gain people’s trust, though she apparently had a weakness for Adam Lee that brought the honest side out of her.

She can easily flip on a dime and become callous and cruel, usually without warning, and is not above using her attractive looks to manipulate people.

Season One
Ilya took to prison life with relative ease, having indicated in the beginning that this was not her first time incarcerated, though she tends to fly under the radar by most of the guards and other inmates. She was immediately drawn to her cellmate Adam Lee after he exhibited his apparent kind, open nature and seems to have formed some kind of an attachment to him, even after learning later that he was Cell Block E’s snitch when she witnessed a conversation between him and Odysseus.

After the fight with Sanders and Marcel O'Brien after mandatory art therapy, Adam confided in her that he had tried to intervene – and Ilya warned him that people like Sanders and Syrus Norwood will seek revenge on him for it. When Syrus threatened him later in the library, she made it clear to Adam that she was aware of his involvement with the Warden and tried to convince him to give it up, to no avail.

Ilya formed a quick friendship with Della Prince by giving her advice on how to handle her adjustment to prison life. She lied about the reason for her incarceration, possibly for the purpose of putting herself in the same tier as Della. Their friendship waned when Della became involved with Syrus, as Ilya had initially been shown to have something of a dislike for him, and she became particularly mistrusting of the pair after the incident between Syrus and Adam.

Ilya’s life on the outside is a relative mystery, though she did share with Sanders that she has a business that she runs and could have use for his ability to supply guns – stating that he was “the only useful man in this fucking joint”. Later on, she shared with Syrus that she was imprisoned after attempting to seek revenge on the man who killed her fiancé, with the help of an unnamed business partner who dealt in narcotics. She states that she lost focus when the time came to kill her target and was sloppy, resulting in him surviving the attack and subsequently leading to her arrest.

Ilya seduced Odysseus to gain his favor so that she could get the job that she wanted and operate the formerly shut-down barbershop.

With Syrus and Della's assistance, Ilya was able to acquire tattoo ink and began offering tattoos out of her barbershop.

Ilya appeared disturbed when she saw the new inmates from the May intake day, and later revealed to Syrus Norwood that she knew of Sunny Phoenix's past life as a vicious gang leader, then warned him not to underestimate her. She allegedly has some sort of connection to Regicide Rollinstar, as well, as he claimed that he knew someone who looked like her.

After Adam set Counselor Beatty's office on fire, Ilya remained by his side and refused to join her cellblock even when Odysseus outed Adam as an informant in front of the whole prison population. During a surprise visit from the counselor to her barbershop later, Ilya remained defensive about the details her cellmate had shared with her about his past and did not openly admit to knowing about the plan for arson or any possible reason behind it.

Season Two
After the cell reassignments, Ilya is moved from E to D block and paired with Korbyn Mendosa, who has taken a shine to her.

Romantic

 * Judith Szachniewicz - It is revealed that Ilya and Judith are lovers during her fight with Sunny Phoenix during The Blackout Riot
 * Porter Gage
 * Korbyn Mendosa
 * Odysseus - Seduced briefly in order to get her desired job in the prison.

Allies

 * Adam Lee - Ilya's former cellmate and closest friend who she was shown to trust and respect more than any other inmate. Adam has since left San Hill.

Neutral

 * Jason Zharkov - Ilya seems to see Jason with a familial attitude, and he is one of the few people she informed about her tattoo side work.
 * Sanders - She is shown to find his awkwardness in her presence endearing, and initially hoped to conspire with him to supply guns for her business outside prison.
 * Grey McCorduck - Ilya offered to fix Grey's hair when he stained it with paint, and purchased supplies from the commissary to do so.
 * Maxie Tanaka - Ilya treats him kindly and flirts with him whenever they speak, as Maxie is shown to have interest in her ever since their intake.
 * Della Prince - Though formerly very close, they drifted apart when Della became drawn closely into Syrus' orbit. They seem to hold one another at arm's length in regards to information about goings on in the prison.
 * Syrus Norwood - Despite her initial harshness towards Syrus, he proved useful to her on several occasions and he often comes to her for tattoos.

Enemies

 * Sunny Phoenix - Ilya held an unexplained resentment towards Sunny from her past life as a gang leader, and after overhearing a conversation Sunny had with Adrian Rydin, now believes her to be the new snitch in San Hill.

Trivia

 * Ilya is left handed.
 * She often can be found drawing in her notebook, and has been said to be talented at it.
 * She apparently designed some of her tattoos herself, as indicated in a conversation with Eliska Jellinekova.
 * Ilya uses the masculine form of her last name, though when questioned about it by Jason Zharkov, she only stated that it was not her choice to do so.