Slava is a taxi driver and the father of Zhenya. In the episode The Fabulous Faker Boy, Bart started learning how to play the piano only after he falls in love his piano teacher and Slava's daughter Zhenya. While Zhenya was teaching Bart, Marge taught her father Slava how to drive as payment. After Slava learned how to drive, he became a taxi driver after he and Marge bribes Patty and Selma with some new pants. In the episode My Fare Lady, he along with some taxi drivers try to harm Marge for stealing their customers but ended up driving away in fear when Moe uses a gun to defend her.
