Profile: Umbrella's Caucasus Lab

The Caucasus Laboratory was Umbrella Corporation’s main branch inside Russia. It was located in Southwestern Russia and was of great importance to the Corporation. It had started out as a Chemical plant owned and operated by the Russian Government; its construction was during the Soviet era. After it’s abandonment after the end of the Cold War, Ozwell E. Spencer bought the plant through an Umbrella dummy company. By 1998, Spencer had invested a huge amount of foreign capital on construction of a massive underground laboratory with the rebuilt plant as camouflage to its true intention.

After its completion, Spencer appointed his most trusted official Sergei Vladimir as it’s Director. The facility’s main operation was both conducting of not only secret experiments but as a major factory for manufacturing of B.O.W.s to be sold on the black market. It took no time at all for the Caucasus laboratory to become a major part of Umbrella’s underground operations. At the facility, B.O.W.s that was produced included the Hunter, Chimera, Licker, and later T.A.L.O.S.  

After the fall of Raccoon City in 1998 and the disaster on Spencer Rain in 2002, the Caucasus Branch became the sole hope of Umbrella rebuilding itself. It was also the place after the destruction of Arklay Laboratory, the Red Queen and U.M.F.-013 was housed. In 2003, Umbrella had prepared for revival after supplying its B.O.W.s. to unstable regions around the world. All while continuing its work on T.A.L.O.S. the main hope for Umbrella’s rebirth.  The T.A.L.O.S. project was overseen by the Director and now CEO of Umbrella Sergei Vladimir with the aid of the Red Queen.

The fall of the facility would come on February 18, 2003, as the facility was raided by the Russian branch of Private Anti-Bioterrorism Unit after receiving leaked information from Albert Wesker. Wesker in his search for both the U.M.F.-013 and revenge against Sergei infiltrated the facility leaking the T-Virus, which infected 99% of the workers in the facility and releasing all BO.W.s into the facility. As well as both the Russian forces and Wesker, Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield entered into the building with the same intent as Wesker in destroying Umbrella for good.  As the battles came to an end, Jill and Chris successfully killed T.A.L.O.S. and Wesker killed Sergei Vladimir. The loss of the Caucasus facility and its director brought the complete and final end of Umbrella. It was the newest and last of Umbrella’s laboratories to fall.

Sources-

Project Umbrella-  http://projectumbrella.net/articles/Caucasus-Laboratory

Resident Evil Wiki-  http://residentevil.wikia.com/Caucasus_Laboratory