Commissar Markhov is the main political officer of the 3rd Shock Army during Call of Duty: World at War. He commands Private Dimitri Petrenko's unit during the push into Berlin. Like other commissars throughout the Call of Duty series, he is rarely involved in actual fighting, save for one notable exception in the level "Ring of Steel", in which he personally leads his forces into battle. He also appears in the level "Downfall", urging the Soviet troops to keep pushing deeper into the Reichstag. He is last seen commanding the 3rd Shock Army in battle.