The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa) (series)
Жизнь и приключения Мишки Япончика- User score: 8.7
- Production country: Russia, Ukraine
- Creator: Sergey Ginzburg
- Production companies: Star Media
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Release date: 11/9/2011
- Release date of last episode: 11/9/2011
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 12
Series description
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.
