What is Nikolai Volkoff?
{{Infobox Wrestler |name=Nikolai Volkoff |names='''Nikolai Volkoff'''<br>Bepo Mongol<br>Boris Breznikoff |image=Nikolai Volkoff.jpg |caption=Nikolai Volkoff in 2008. |height={{height|ft=6|in=4}} |weight={{convert|313|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |birth_date={{birth date|1947|10|14|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Socialist Republic of Croatia|SR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] |death_date={{death date and age|2018|7|29|1947|10|14|mf=y}} |death_place=[[Glen Arm, Maryland|Glen Arm]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]] |billed=[[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] |trainer=[[Stu Hart]] |debut=1967 |retired= }} '''Josip Nikolai Peruzović''' (14 October 1947 &ndash; 29 July 2018) better known by his ring name, '''Nikolai Volkoff''', was a Yugoslavian professional wrestler who was best known for wrestling with [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]. Although the character he played was portrayed as Russian, he actually came from [[Croatia]] and has a mixed background that was not entirely Russian. He was inducted into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] in 2005 by [[Jim Ross]]. Volkoff died on July 29, 2018 at the age of 70 just days after being released from a hospital in [[Glen Arm, Maryland]] where he had been treated for [[dehydration]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/119222/wwe-hall-of-famer-nikolai-volkoff-passes-away-updated-with-career-retrospective.html?p=1|title=WWE HALL OF FAMER NIKOLAI VOLKOFF PASSES AWAY (UPDATED WITH CAREER RETROSPECTIVE)|access-date=2018-07-29|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Championships== Volkoff held many championships during his professional wrestling career: *'''Championship Wrestling from Florida''' **NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (one time) - with [[Ivan Koloff]] *'''Georgia Championship Wrestling''' **NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (one time) *'''Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling''' **NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (one time) - with Chris Markoff *'''Mid-South Wrestling''' **