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

Premiered: Nov 09, 2011 | 1 seasons | 12 episodes

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Creator: Sergey Ginzburg
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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.
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Name Character Episodes
Igor Savochkin Акула (авторитет) 12
Valentin Gaft 12
Rimma Markova 12