The incredibly atmospheric and stylistically inspiring Series «The Life and adventure of Mishka Yaponchik» tells the vivid story of the legendary Odessa thief Mikhail Vinnitsky. As you begin watching this crime television series online, you should nevertheless remember that it is only based on real events and the famous stories of Isaac Babel, which means that the narrative will repeatedly stray from historical truth. However, immersed in the intricate plot of the daring yet noble robber’s exploits and charmed by the inimitable Odessa dialect and sparkling Jewish humor, the viewer will graciously turn a blind eye to all inaccuracies, whether deliberate or accidental.
The life of the young member of the Jewish self-defense force could have ended before it had properly begun: for killing a police chief, he was sentenced to death, later commuted to 12 years of hard labor, and then released under an amnesty. Returning to his native Odessa, the young man became the king of thieves, organizing a large gang of robbers that kept the entire city in fear.
