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

Name: The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2011-11-09
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Evgeniy Tkachuk, Aleksey Filimonov, Valentin Gaft, Igor Savochkin, Elena Shamova

8.7First aired 2011-11-09Last aired 2011-11-09Status: Ended

CrimeDrama

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Networks: Channel One

Overview

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.