Yaponchik

Yaponchik - a nickname widely known in the Russian-speaking criminal world. May refer to

Mishka Yaponchik, a famous robber (1881-1919)
Vyacheslav Ivankov (1940-2009)

Literally, yaponchik means little Japanese, though none of the two above had any Japanese ancestry.

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