Natasha Romanoff was born in Volgograd, Russia in the former Soviet Union and went on to become a world-class spy. Natasha reportedly began training to be an assassin when she was just a child. She was recruited by Russia´s covert espionage facility(The Red Room), where she endured both an education and indoctrination into the world of spycraft. Natasha excelled in this strict training environment and soon became regarded as a master spy and one of the world´s greatest assassins. Due to both her expertise and her growing threat to global security, Romanoff quickly appeared on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar, prompting Director Fury to send Agent Barton to eliminate her. Agent Barton disobeyed this order, recognizing her skill and recommending she be recruited for S.H.I.E.L.D. At the behest of Nick Fu