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The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

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The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

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The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

·2011·12 episodes

Summary

Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.

Crew

Creator

Sergey Ginzburg

Status:

Ended

Original Language:

Russian

Type:

Miniseries

Networks:

Channel One

Keywords

gangster