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Mishka Yaponchik (Moisey Volfovich Vinnitsky)

Mishka Yaponchik (1891-1919) was an Odessa gangster, Jewish revolutionary, and a Soviet military leader. He was used as a prototype by Isaak Babel for Benya Krik in his "Odessa Tales."

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