Winter Guard

Name: Winter Guard
Members: Red Guardian, Crimson Dynamo, Ursa Major, Darkstar, Blackwidow
First Appearance: Iron Man (Vol. 3) #9
(August 1998)

The Winter Guard (Russian: Зимняя гвардия) is a government-sponsored team of extraordinary individuals with special abilities. They fight for the people of the Russian Federation and their interests around the globe. The team is formed from members of the Soviet Super-Soldiers the existed before the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. They have been described as "Russia's answer for the Avengers.