Moisei Wolfovich Vinnitsky (30 October 1891 – 29 July 1919), popularly known as Mishka Yaponchik ("Mishka the Japanese"), was an Odesa gangster and Soviet military leader in the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War until his opaque death. After receiving an Amnesty by the Russian Provisional Government in 1917, Yaponchik started a gang which came to control much of Odesa.
Moisei Wolfovich Vinnitsky (30 October 1891 – 29 July 1919), popularly known as Mishka Yaponchik ("Mishka the Japanese"), was an Odesa gangster and Soviet military leader in the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War until his opaque death. After receiving an Amnesty by the Russian Provisional Government in 1917, Yaponchik started a gang which came to control much of Odesa.
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