The last boss of Brighton: Boris "Biba" Nayfeld and the rise of the Russian mob in America
Reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of his era whose intimidating presence and street smarts quickly made him legendary in the émigré community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and launched him to the top of New York's Russian Jewish mob...
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| adam_text | CONTENTS MAP OF BORIS NAYFELD’S EUROPE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ XI MAP OF BORIS NAYFELD’S BROOKLYN_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ XII AUTHOR’S NOTE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ XV PRELUDE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 INTRODUCTION_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S PART ONE CHAPTER Ի THE INTERNAT_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1S CHAPTERS: KHUUBANS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 86 CHAPTER 3: THE ZONE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 CHAPTER Ч: DEAD SOULS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SB CHAPTERS: THE BLATNOY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60 PART TWO CHAPTER 6: AMERICA 79 CHAPTER 7: LITTLE ODESSA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 86 CHAPTER 8: THE UNCROWNED KIN6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ЅЧ CHAPTER 9: THE WRECKIN6 CREW_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 103 CHAPTER ID: THE BRATVA 114
x CONTENTS CHAPTER № EL CARIBE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 122 CHAPTER 12։ BROOKLYN NOCTURNE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 136 CHAPTER 13։ THE LONG CON_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 148 CHAPTER 14։ GASOLINE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 155 CHAPTER 15։ MURDER ON OCEAN PARKWAY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 164 CHAPTER 16։ THE BIG SCHNEYER_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 175 CHAPTER 17։ AMBUSH ON AVENUE U CHAPTER IB։ A BEND IN THE RIVER_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1ВЧ CHAPTER 19։ “THIS WAS MY REVENGE”_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 203 PART THREE CHAPTER 20։ THE WALL_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 213 CHARTEREI։ CHINA WHITE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 228 CHAPTER 22։ OLD NEW YEAR IN PARADISE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 236 CHAPTER 23։ THE WAR_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 248 CHAPTER 24։ THE MUSORS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 258 CHAPTER 25։ FAIRTON_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 271 PART FOUR CHAPTER 26= KRYSHA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 285 CHAPTER 27։ OLIGARCHS AND GANGSTERS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 293 CHAPTER 28։ ODESSA MAMA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 315 CHAPTER 29։ THE LAST PARTY._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 334 CHAPTER 30։ CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 344 ACKNOWLEDBMENTS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3S7 GLOSSARY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ЗБЅ INDEX._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 383
INDEX Adik, 266—67 Afghanistan war, ЗОЇ Africa, 192-93, 194-202. See also Sierra Leone Agron, Évsei, 92-102 assassination attempts on, 94-95, 142-47 assassination of, 164-74, 188, 192, 301 assassination of Zurab, 127-28 Boris as right-hand man for, 103, 112-13,114,119-20, 121, 125, 164 Boris’s counterfeit stamps, 95, 101-2, 363n Boris’s first meeting with, 92-95 cattle prod story, 120—21 criminal alliances of, 128-31 criminal life in Russia, 95-99 El Caribe gathering, 122-23, 124-25 gambling of, 99-101 insurance scam, 117-18 krysha, 118-20,121, 138-39 Marat and, 145,150-51,153, 163, 167-69 Maya and, 137, 139, 141 Monya and, 237-38 nightlife of Brighton, 137, 141 pickpocketing, 96-97, 100-101, 107 settling Boris’s dispute, 109-10 zs starshiy, 114—15, 120-21, 141-42, 150 Agron, MayaRozova, 94, 137, 139, 141 assassination of Évsei, 165—66, 167 Albany, 79-82 Alcaino, Roberto, 267-68, 310—11, 328-32, 334-35, 336-37 Ambush on Avenue U, 1-3, 184-93 Amnesty International, 340 Amuso, Vic, 207-8 Andrew, Attorney, 357-58 Anthony, 133-35 antisemitism, 10-11, 17, 19, 175 Antwerp, 106-7, 175-79, 215-16, 218-21, 224-26, 258-59 Antwerp Diamond Quarter, 175—79, 215-16,218-21,258-59 Antwerp villa, 225-26, 257, 258-59 Aronov, Alik, 140 arson, 31, 104, 149-50 Article 7B, 53-54, 369
384 INDEX Askari Jewelers, 181 Belarus, 37-38 Asmakov, Oleg (“Alik Magadan”), 250, Berlin, 101,197, 204-6, 208, 216-18, 252-53, 252«, 256-57 224, 234, 373 Berlin Wall, 7, 216, 217 Babai, Igor, 163, 175-79, 219-21, 270 Babi Yar, 48-49, 48«, 369 Badalamenti, Calogero, 261 Bagdasarian, Rafael (“Rafik Svo”), 254-56, 306 Bharara, Preet, 351, 356 Big Red Machine (Brokhin) ,171 black cash, 62, 63, 65, 66,67, 76, 98, 116, 369 “black realtors,” 308, 308« Black Sea, 89, 320 Bakunin, Mikhail, 44 Blagojevich, Rod, 345—46, 346« Balagula, Marat, 148-51 blat, 58, 369-70 Africa business of, 192-93, 194—99, 201-2, 221-22 arrest and trial of, 222, 226-27 assassination of Évsei, 167-69,173-74 credit card fraud business, 179-83, 189, 193, 221 criminal life in Russia, 148—49 diamond schneyer, 151, 153, 175—79, 193, 195-97, 201 blatnaya pesnya, 46, 370 blatnoy, 45, 50, 60-76 use of term, 45», 370 blatnye, 45—46, 46« blinis, 11, 370 Blue Mauritius stamps, 72-75, 82-83, 101-2, 363 Bobruisk Penal Colony Number 2, 39-43,47-50, 53-54, 371 early criminal life of, 149 Boris’s release from, 52-53 El Caribe and, 145 culture and codes of behavior, 43—47 gambling of, 163, 198—200 life in, 47-51 gasoline-tax racket, 155-63, 179, 185-86, 222-24 Bogatin, David, 160-62, 223—24 Bolshevik Revolution, 10,22«, 44,378 on the lam, 221—22 Bonanno crime family, 160, 274 Natalia and, 167—68, 168«, 197—98, Boryek Dantist (“Boris the Dentist”), 199, 221 84, 90-93 personality of, 148—49,150 Botsman, Misha, 332 prison sentence of, 236, 239 Brandwain, Galina, 286, 287, 307-8, Vadik and, 192, 197, 204, 205-8 “Balashikhinsky
group,” 254, 254« ballroom dancing, 140—41 315-16 Brandwain, Rachmiel (“Milik”), 214-21, 285-88 Baltika, 104 assassination of, 286—88 banya, 96,139,164, 369 M S International, 215-21, 285-88 Barrett, Wayne, 224 Bratton, William J., 351
385 INDEK brawa, 114, 125, 150, 163, 254, 370 Chateau De Capitaine, 352, 354 brigada, 1, 249-50, 370 Chekhov, Anton, 32« Brighton Beach. See also Little Odessa Chelbatsan, Sasha, 319-20 ambush on Avenue U, 1—3, 184—93 Boris’s arrival in, 82-85 Boris’s early criminal jobs, 90—93, 103-13 Chernigovsky, Feliks, 184—85, 187-88, 191 childhood of Boris, 15-36 child trafficking, 198 Boris’s first impressions, 88—89 China White, 229-35, 260-61, 370 Boris’s taxi driving, 83-85 cigarette smuggling, 322, 323-25, criminal groups, 86-89, 88n, 114-15, 118 ethnic wars, 89-90, 141-42 nighdife and restaurants of, 136-41. See abo specific establishments Brighton Beach Avenue, xii, 136—37, 205 328, 329, 338 City ofRogues and Schnorrers (Tanny), 321 clabber, 11, 185, 185«, 198, 240, 371 Class 3, 20, 20« Class 8, 22, 29 Class 11, 20«, 33 Brighton Beach NEP, 87, 87и cocaine, 146, 171, 172, 204, 228-29, Brokhin, Yuri, 171-73 Bronx, 84—85 239 Cohen, Michael, 124 Brothers Karamazov, 256, 316-17 Cojab, Marcos, 328 Bryansk, 359—60 Colombo crime family, 160֊61, 222, Buchalter, Emanuel, 360 Buchalter, Isadore, 360 Buchalter, Louis (“Lepke”), 6, 360 Bur (Barak Usilennogo Rezhima), 44-45,45«, 370 “burn company,” 156—57 274 Colony Number 2. See Bobruisk Penal Colony Number 2 Comey, James, 356 Coney Island, 11, 82, 89-90 Coney Island Hospital, 2-3, 190, 240, 243, 244 Café Arbat, 243 Capone, Al, 330 conscription in Soviet Union, 38-39, 53-54 Cardinali, Louis, 261 Copenhagen, 105, 106, 107-8 casinos, 99-101, 317—20 Cordon Bleu, 198-200, 204-5 Casso, Anthony (“Gaspipe”), 123, corruption, 6, 58-59, 60-76
134-35, 276 assassination of Vadik, 206-8, 276 at Fairton, 276, 278 gasoline-tax racket, 158-59, 276 Cosa Nostra, 114-15, 114«, 223 Five Families, 160-63. See also specific families omertà, 268, 274
зав INDEX counterfeit-cigarette smuggling, 322, 323-25, 328, 329, 338 counterfeit money, 116—17, 214, 216, 224-25 counterfeit stamps, 71—75, 79-80, 82-83, 90-93, 95, 101-2 COVID-19 pandemic, 276, 359-60 Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 8, 11, 342—45, 374 Dovlatov, Sergei, 87 Dozortsev, Nikolai, 310, 323-25, 327-29, 331, 335, 338 drug trafficking. See cocaine; heroin trafficking credit card fraud business, 179-83, Druzhnikov, Yuri, 24 189, 193, 221 Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky), dvoyurodnii brat, 126« Dudinka, 31 342-43, 344-15, 356 crocheting, 350 early life of Boris, 15-36 Eastern District of New York, 325—29 daisy chain schemes, 156. See aho gasoline-tax racket D’Arco, Alphonse (“Little Al”), 268, 274-75, 275«, 277, 278 East Germany (German Democratic Republic), 216-18, 216« Edegem villa, 225-26, 257, 258-59 Edik, 175-79,219-21 Davidson, Volodya, 199, 200—201 education of Boris, 15-16, 21-23, DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), 232, 233, 259-64,281, 288, 29-33 Einsatzgruppen, 48, 48«, 369 325-33, 334-35 Eisenstein, Sergei, 24 Dead Souls (Gogol), 58 Dementev, Rachmiel, 170—71, 172 El Caribe, 122-25, 133,134,142, 143, 145 DeMeo, Roy, 207 Elson, Marina, 256-57 detdoms, 21, 22, 371 Elson, Monya (“Monya Kishinevsky”) Detsky Mir, 27, 27n, 371 arrest of, 270, 316 diamonds (diamond smuggling), assassination attempts on, 243—44, 71, 73, 79-80, 82-83, 90-93, 110-12, 116, 151-54, 175-79, 195-97, 201, 215, 218-21, 225 Diamond District (New York City), xii, 116,118, 141-42, 143, 151-54 253, 256-57 assassination of Lyubarsky, 249-50, 277-78 assassination plot of Brothers Karamazov, 316-17 attempted
car bombing of Boris, 239-44, 246-47 Diamond Quarter (Antwerp), 175-79, bounty on Boris, 254-56 215-16,218-21,258-59 Dimitrievich, Alyosha, 99, 99« contract on, 246-47, 250-51, 256-57
387 INDEX heroin trafficking, 229, 239, 245, 269-70 trial and sentencing of, 277-78, 280-81 war with Boris, 236—47, 250-51, 267, 269-70 Ford, Gerald, 70 Forrest, Katherine, 357-59 Franzese, Michael, 160-63, 222-24 Freetown, Sierra Leone, 194, 197—98, 200-201, 204, 225, 317 Friedman, Robert, 127«, 168« employment in Soviet Union, 52—53, fufiyzhnik, 100-101,205, 372 54-59 Engels, Friedrich, 10 furs, 64, 118, 181,213-14 Englewood Federal Correctional Gambino crime family, 123, 160, Institution, 345-50 207, 268 English classes, 80, 81 gambling, 99-101, 198-99, 317-20 English language, 83—85 gasoline taxes, 155-56, 156« Escobar, Pablo, 267, 272«, 310 gasoline-tax racket, 7-8, 155-63, 183, evrei, 64, 64«, 382 184, 222-24 Genna, Giuseppe, 261 Fainberg, Ludwig (“Tarzan”), 105-7 Genovese crime family, 160, 274 Fairton Federal Correctional Georgia Republic, 289-90 Institution, 271-80 Fanchini, Ricardo (Richard) Marian, Gigante, Vincent (“Chin”), 274 Giuliani, Rudy, 264 213-21, 229-31, 323-24, Godfather, The (movie), 135 325-33 Gogol, Nikolai, 58 M S International, 213-21, 230, 326 gold, 30, 64, 101, 109,116-17, 200, 215 fartsovka, 50-51, 50«, 371 gold teeth, 47, 48—49 Fasano, Robert, 180-82 Goldberg, Boris (“Borya Ochkarik”), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 142-47, 169 7-8, 114,123, 125, 160, 163, Goldineh Medineh, 75, 75«, 372 222-23, 241, 257, 301, 303, Gomel, 9-10, 15-18, 33-35, 54-55, 310,313, 351,352-53 71, 362 Federico, Edward, Jr., 159-60 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 149 felony convictions of Boris, 8, 325—33 Gorispolkom, 21-22, 21«, 70, 372 fenya, xvi, 46, 371—72 Gorky, Maksim,
24 rights and fighting of Boris, 15, 24—25, Gosbank, 50, 50«, 372 40-41 Five Families, 160-63. See aho specific families Gotti, John, 123, 160, 338 GPU officer, 24, 372 Grafman, Igor, 167, 256-57
388 INDEX Gramatsky, Sasha, 191—92, 317-18 lorizzo, Lawrence, 160-62, 223-24 diamond schneyer, V76-77 Irina, 289-91 gambling game and cognac debt, Irkutsk, 56, 59 198-200, 204-5, 317 Gravano, Sammy (“the Bull”), 268, 274, 278 Gregorian calendar, 236« Gribenes, 19, 372 Grigoriev, Boris, 256-57 Gulags, 16, 30, 43, 373. See abo Soviet penal colonies 1RS (Internal Revenue Service), 7-8, 159-60 Israel, 69-70, 72, 74, 110-12,195, 239, 242 Italian American Mafia, 7, 274-76. See abo Cosa Nostra; Italyakhas; and specific members El Caribe gathering, 122, 123-25 Five Families, 160-63 Hashem, 347 gasoline-tax racket, 160-63 heroin trafficking, 229—35, 259—64 Russian Mafia compared with, Boris in jail, 264-68 Boris’s arrest, 262-64 Boris’s cooperation agreement, 269-70, 278, 281 114-15,249, 268 Italyakhas, 114—15, 133, 206,208, 291,292,311 El Caribe gathering, 123-25 Boris’s probation, 285, 286, 287-88 gasoline-tax racket, 158-59 DEA and, 259-64, 328 heroin trafficking, 232-33 Fima and, 234—35, 248-49 at MCC, 264-65 Monya and, 229, 239, 245, 269-70 use of term, 114«, 373 the operation, 230—33 Ivan Franko, MS, 148 surveillance of Boris’s Antwerp villa, Ivankov, Vyacheslav Kirillovich 257, 258-59 (“Yaponchik”), 300—304 Hitler, Adolf, 10 Hobbs Act, 353—54, 356 Jackson, Henry (“Scoop”), 69-70 Holocaust, 9, 48—49 Jackson, Michael, 201 homosexuality, 43, 45, 106, 106« Jackson-Vanik Amendment, 69-70 Hustling on Gorky Street (Brokhin), Jewish Community Center (Albany), 171 hypothyroidism, 11 Jewish emigration. See Soviet-Jewish immigration, 9-11, 69-76 JFK Airport, 79, 84, 111, 203, 260-63
Informer 001 (Druzhnikov), 24 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 61 insurance scam, 117—18 Judaism, 17, 19 internat of Gomel, 15—16, 21—23, 373 Julian calendar, 236« 80, 81 emigrants
389 INDEX Kalashnikovs, 245, 373 Kalmanovich, Shabtai, 194-97, 200 Kapusta, 186, 186η katorga, 342, 373-74 katrans, 99—101, 374 Katzelson, Roma (“Zhivogíot”), 185-86, 185« Kauvar, Charles Eliezer Hillel, 360 Kazakhstan, 10, 148 KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti), 50, 62, 86, 194-95, 201, 268, 363, 374 khozyain, 46, 374 Khrushchev, Nikita, 21, 373 khuligan, 25, 363 subculture, 25, 32-36, 39-40 use of term, 25«, 374 khuliganstvo, 36, 39, 374 Kiperman, Ilyusha (Eli), 225-26, 278-79, 336 Kishinevsky, Monya. See Elson, Monya kishka, 51n, 374 Kishka, Aron, 151-54, 175-76, 177 konka, 96-97, 107-8, 238, 375 Konstaninovsky, Slava and Alex, 256-57, 316-17 kopeks, 19, 39, 206, 293, 355, 375 korennoy, 115, 375 kosher, 19, 272 Kotlyarsky, Boris, 351, 353-56 Kozlovsky, Vladimir, 270« kozly, 45, 46, 375 Krasnoyarsk, 31-32, 32« Kremlin Princess, 327 Kremlyovskaya Vodka, 326 Kruglov, Sergei (“Boroda”), 254-56 krysha, 118-20,138-39, 215, 221, 288-94, 300, 310-11, 324, 375 krytka, 45, 45«, 375 Kumarin, Vladimir, 319-20 Kvantrishvili, Otarik, 317—18, 317« Lada 2100 (“Zhiguli”), 65-67, 382 Lansky, Meyer, 6 Laskin, Efim (“Fima”), 216-17, 217«, 313 assassination of, 251—52 heroin trafficking, 234—35, 248—49 Kalmanovich in Sierra Leone, 194-95, 197 Sheferofsky and counterfeit money, 224,225,239 Lehdet, Carlos, 2T1—TÌ, Tľln Lemeshev, Sergei, 99, 99« Lenin, Vladimir, 23-24, 49-50 Lenya, 203—4 Leshchenko, Pyotr, 99, 99« Levine, Morton, 123-25 limonkas, 241—42, 242«, 313, 376 Lincoln Town Car, 5, 143, 145,164-65 attempted bombing of, 240-44 Little Odessa, 6, 89. See ako Brighton Beach crime
groups, 88, 88« ethnic wars, 89-90, 141-42 nightlife and restaurants of, 136-41 lokh, 90, 151, 376 Long Island, 84—85, 103-4 Los Angeles, 129-31,133,237-38,253 Lucchese crime family, 123-24, 134, 160, 207-8, 268, 274 Luna Park, 89-90 Lysy, Ilyusha, 142-43,144
INDEX 390 Lyubarsky, Nellie, 249-50 Lyubarsky, Vadim, 249-50 Lyubarsky, Vyacheslav (“Slavik Ovoschnik”), 145, 145% 303 assassination of, 249-50, ΤΠ—Ί^ attempted car bombing of Boris, 243-45 McGillion, Alice T., 1-2 McHugh, Ryan, 327 mama loshen, 10, 376 mamkas, 289, 292-93, 294, 307, 311, 313, 376 M S International, 215-21, 253, 255, 258 assassination of Milik, 286-88 Fima and, 234, 248 heroin trafficking, 230—32, 234, 253, 303 krysha, 215-21, 225, 227, 231-32, 248,254,285-88 sale of St. Petersburg store, 287—88, 294, 307-10, 315-16 Markowitz, Michael, 161—62, 223 Marx, Karl, 10 Master of Sports, 28, 28% 38 MDMA, 326, 330, 338 Medellin, 272, 337 Meir, Golda, 195 Meritorious Artist of Russia, 138« Merrill Lynch, 180 Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), 146,153-54, 264-66, 264% 269, 336, 339-42, 344-45, 359 Metropol restaurant, 134, 137, 140-41, 167-69,256 Miami, 10, 162,191-92,259 military conscription in Soviet Union, 38-39, 53-54 militsiya, 22, 22% 28, 53, 67, 376 Milos, Alik, 126 Minakhi, Zurab, 126-28 Minnelli, Liza, 201 Mironov, Ekaterina Petrovna, 16-18, 26-27, 29-30, 32, 362-63 death of, 295-98 Mironov, Valentin, 27, 29, 30, 295-98 Mitnik, Oleg, 352-54, 355-56 Mitnik, Ronit, 352-54, 355-56 mobile phone market, 216 Momoh, Joseph, 194-97 money-extraction jobs, 131-35 Morozov, Pavel Trofimovich, 23-24 Moysif, Alexander, 260, 261, 262, 266 Mueller Report, 224 Mukasey, Michael, 337-38 musor, 170, 170% 172, 189-92, 206, 376 musoryenok, 170, 376 muzhiki, 45, 376 myortvye dushi, 58-59, 377 na levo, 49, 377 narkomanyuga, 119-20, 119% 229, Ъ17 Natalia (Marats girlfriend),
167-68, 168% 197-98,199,221 National restaurant, 137-38, 139, 170, 172, 249 Nayfeld, Alesya, 56, 68, 80, 83, 226 Nayfeld, Angela Kiperman, 140- 41, 177, 197-98, 225-26, 240, 278-79, 329-30, 332, 335,350
INDEX Nayfeld, Benjamin (“Venya”), 113, 125-28, 270, 334 assassination of Zurab, 126-28 391 Nicholas II of Russia, 9, 49», 116 nickname of “Biba,” 5,19-20 “night jobs,” 213 blatnoy in Russia, 63-64, 66, 69,75 nomenklatura, 60, 61, 377 credit card fraud business, 180, Noriega, Manuel, 272 181-82 gasoline-tax racket, 157 Norilsk Labor Camp, 27, 29-32 Norman, Michael, 1-2 krysha, 119, 121, 122, 125, 143 Nayfeld, Gennady (“Gena”), 126», 360 Obama, Barack, 346» obshchak, 44, 63, 115, 120, 377 ballroom dancing of, 140 Ocean Parkway, murder on, 164-74 death of grandmother, 279-80 ochkarik, 142, 142», 378 early life of, 16-17, 18, 28 Odessa, 46, 89, 314, 317, 320-27 emigration to America, 75, 81 Odessa restaurant (Brighton Beach), visits to Bobruisk, 42-43 150, 205-8 Nayfeld, Mikhail, 16-17, 362—63 Odesskys, 88, 88», 103-4, 378 Nayfeld, Riva, 5, 11, 18-23, 26-27, okroshka, 82, 378 29, 54, 72-73, 74-75 death of, 279-80 Old New Year, 236, 236«, 239-40, 248, 378 Nayfeld, Valentin, 68, 74, 80, 83 omertà, 268, 274 Nayfeld, Valentina (“Valya”), 259, Oniani, Tăriei (“Taro”), 307 262-63 attempted car bombing, 240 Operation Barbarossa, 48, 148, divorce, 278-79 opushchenny, 45, 46, 378 married life, 68, 83, 139-40, 225-26 Orena, Victor (“Little Vic”), 274 meeting Boris, 55-57 Organizatsiya, 114,378 372-73 Nayfeld, Yosef, 17-18, 20, 61-62 Othello (Shakespeare), 135» Nazi Germany, 10,48-49,148, Otisville Federal Correctional 372-73 New York Daily News, 256—57 New York Police Department (NYPD), Institution, 265-68, 336—37 Ovoschnik, Slavik. See Lyubarsky, Vyacheslav 86, 240-41, 250 New York
Post, 352 pakhan, 115, 378 New York State, gasoline taxes, Pale of Settlement, 9-Ю, 378 155-56, 156» New York Times, 1-2, 120—21, 250, 278 Papella, 205 Paradise restaurant, 137, 236, 239—40, 241,248
392 INDEX Pastukh, 46, 379 Red Brigades, 107, 217 pederast, 106, 106«, 379 RedMafiya (Friedman), 127«, 168« pelmeni, 82, 379 Rémy Martin, 102, 255 Penal Colony Number 2 at Bobruisk, Rezany, ТАЪг 39-43, 47-50, 53-54, 371 Boris’s release from, 52—53 Rezníkov, Vladimir (“Vadik Reznik”), culture and codes of behavior, 43—47 188-93 ambush on Avenue U, 188-92,197 life in, 47-51 assassination of, 206-9, 276 Persico, Carmine (“Junior”), 161-62 assassination of Brokhin, 172-73 Persits, Lev, 161, 223—24, 223« assassination of Évsei, 169-73, 192, petukh, 45, 379 197 assassination of Rachmiel, 170-71,172 pickpocketing, 96—97, 100-101, 107-8, 121,238, 375 Marat and, 192,197, 203^,205-7 pisatel, 97, 98, 107, 121, 379 Rezo, 104-7,109,110-12 pismo, 97, 379 RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Pitersky, Tolik, 133-35, 158 Piterskys, 88, 88« Platenum Energy Company, 1-2, 183 ambushat, 1—3, 184—93 Corrupt Organizations) Act, 146-47, 263-64, 312, 328, 337 Rivera, Charlie, 144—45, 146—47, 169 robberies, 104-13, 120 Plotkin, Tolik, 36 Rodriguez, Diego, 351 Plummer Park, 253 Roizes, Grisha (“Luydoyed”), 105—7, Podlog, Dima 108, 233, 260-62, 266 attempted car bombing, 239—41, 244 Romano, John, 261 heroin trafficking, 231, 233, 261-63, Rosner, Lydia, 61, 87 265-67 postage stamps, 71-75, 79-80, 82-83, rowing, 37-38 Roytman, Leonid, 316—17 90-93, 95, 101-2, 363 Russia. See abo Soviet Union Potik, Anatoly, 303, 351—54, 356« geography and size, 299« prikhlebatel, 185, 185«, 379 use of term, xvi Prohibition, 163 Wild Nineties, 299-300, 304-5, 313 prostitution, 285—86, 288—94, 310—13 Russian and Turkish Baths,
164—65 Putin, Vladimir, 8-9, 32, 313, 319, 374 Russian Civil War, 322« Puzyretsky, Emil (“Vilya”), 119-20,120« Russian Mafia. See abo specific members El Caribe gathering, 122, 124-25 Rajik, 242, 247—48 Rasputin restaurant, 239 razgon, 98—99, 379 Italian American Mafia compared with, 114-15, 249, 268 overview of, 6-7, 60-61
INDEX Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, 301 393 shiksa, 17, 380 Shin Bet, 195 Russian Revolution, 10, 22«, 44, 378 shiva, 18, 379 “Russian romance,” 137, 137« shmon, 42—43, 380 Rynok, 105-7, 108, 110-12 shoplifting, 103—4 Ryzhy, Zhenya, 309-10, 316 Shteinberg, Arkady (“Kadik”), 118, Sadesky, Lyova, 304—5 Shufutinsky, Mikhail Zakharovich, 124, 163, 190, 270 Sadko restaurant, 126-28, 150 129-30, 129«, 138, 138«, St. Petersburg 370 casinos, 318-19 Siberia, 18, 55, 57-59, 60, 63-64, 69 Piterskys, 88, 88« Siberia Furs, 181 sale of M S store in, 287-88, 294, Sicilian Black Hand, 118 307-10, 315-16 Sakhalin Island, 16, 17, 362 salo, 42, 42«, 379 Siegel, Benjamin (“Bugsy”), 6 Sierra Leone, 192-93, 194-202, 204, 221-22, 224, 225 Sapozhnik, Sasha, 291-92 Sifton, Charles P., 338-39 Sater, Felix, 224—25 Simochka, 139, 144—45, 164—66 Sberkassa, 50-51, 50«, 380 Skolnick, Sasha, 186-87, 186« Schiller, Friedrich, 135« Slepinin, Aleksander, 245, 246-47, Schneider, Aleksandr (“Sobachnik”), 312-13 schneyer, 115-17, 151-54,175-79,380 250-51,277 směnka, 101, 101«, 116, 170, 171-72, 380 Schoen, David, 269 Smith, Willie (“Veivel Schmid”), 10-12 schvitz, 237, 237«, 380 Smith Wesson revolver, 88, 90-91, Seagate, xii, 11, 82, 83 Senate Select Subcommittee, 159, 161, 206, 208 118,145 Sochi Winter Olympics (2014), 307 sooka, 112, 112«, 380 Senter, Anthony, 207-8 South Africa, 197-98,222 Sergei, 122-23 Southern District of New York, 8, 260, Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), 325-26 Shabashov, Alex, 137 Shargel, Gerald, 338 Sheferofsky, Mikhail (“Mihail Safer”), 224-25, 239, 248-49, 249«
shestyorka, 46, 46«, 380 266, 351-52 South Korea, 216 Soviet Army, 217-18, 234, 245-46, 322,372-73 Article 7B, 369 conscription in, 38-39, 53-54, 63 Soviet famine of 1946-1947, 16
INDEX 394 Soviet-Jewish emigrants, 9-11, 69-76, 80-81, 86-87 Straschnow, Aksana Balagula, 149« supermarkets, in America, 80-81 criminal groups, 86—89, 86« Soviet penal colonies, 39—51 Tanny, Jarrod, 321 Agron at, 97—98 Tanya, 288-92 American prison compared with, Tarnopolsky, Marik, 309 41-42 Bobruisk, 39-43, 47—50 Boris and the diamonds, 79-80, culture and codes of behavior, 43-47 82-83, 88 Tassone, Frank, 357-58 life in, 47—51 Tatiana Grill, 5, 12, 339 Norillag, 30—32 tattoos, 346—49 rape at, 45-46, 46« Soviet Union. See abo Russia 20th Congress of the Communist Party, 21 collapse of the (dissolution), 7, 24, 70, 218-19, 245-46, 289-90 taxi driving, 83-85 Tel Aviv, 111 Testa, Joseph, 207-8 Tetragrammaton, 347 Timoshenko, Aleksander (“Aleksander Bor”), 251-52, 258 conscription in, 38-39, 53-54 Tiscione, Steve, 338 corruption in, 6, 58-59, 60-76 Trade Act of 1974, 70 Gorispolkom, 21—22, 21«, 70 tref, 62, Gin, 100, 381 khuligan subculture, 25, 32-36, Tri-State Joint Soviet-Emigré Organized 39-40 Morozov and Young Pioneers, 23-24 Operation Barbarossa, 48, 148, 372-73 rising tide of teenage crime in, 35-36 World War II, 10, 48-49 Spartak, 28, 201, 380-81 Spero, Anthony, 274 Crime Project, 86«, 115 Trump, Donald, 123-24, 224—25, 346« Ukleba, Shalva (“Shaliko”), 241^12, 247, 253 Usaty, Lyonya (“Leonard Lev” ), 164— 66, 165«, 301, 302-3, 302« sports, 27-28, 37—39 Usoyan, Aslan (“Ded Khasan”), 305—8 Stalin, Joseph, 17, 43, 370, 373 Uspenskaya, Lyubka, 126 starshiy, 114—15, 381 Uzi submachine gun, 5, 256, 313 Staten Island, xii, 11, 226, 240, 262, 274, 279, 280, 298, 329, 331,
ambush on Avenue U, 2-3, 184—85, 187-90 334, 362 Stolichnaya, 137 Valachi, Joe, 268 Storonkin, Lyovka, 90 Vanik, Charles, 69-70
39S INDEX Varava, Vitali (“Victor”), 37-38, 38« Yakutia, 58-59 Vax, Michael (“Misha”), 2, 184-92, Yaponchik, Mishka, 300», 321-22 207 Venezia Furniture, 181 Yevtushenko, Yevgeny, 48η, 369 Village Voice, 224 yoga, 349-50 Yiddish, 10, 17, 46, 116 Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization (“Young zakroischik, Yl, 61, 382 Pioneers”), 23—24, 381 zamazlivy, 198 Vladimir Prison, 238, 238» Zapivakmine, Oleg, 256-57 Volga, 295, 295», 297 Zeltzer, Ilya (“Zelya”), 113,114—15,163 Volkov, Vadim, 299—300 ambush on Avenue U, 2-3, 186, Volodya, 55, 56-57, 67 187-92 assassination attempts on Évsei, 143, volyna, 92, 92», 118, 381 vorovskoy mir, 43,268, 381 vory v zakone, 43-44, 45, 60, 95-98, 144-45 credit card fraud business, 179, 180, 181-82 99-100, 307, 381-82 vyschaya myera nakazaniya, 67, 382 Los Angeles jobs, 129-31 zhid, 64, 64», 382 Washington Post, 123, 136 zhidovskaya morda, 64, 64», 382 Western Group of Forces, 217-18 Zhiguli, 65-67, 382 Wexler, Leonard, 222 zhivoglot, 185», 382 White Russia, 9 Zhlob, Mishka, 205, 237-38 Witness Protection Program, 223, 271, Zilber, Alex, 239 Zilber, Victor, 239 276-78, 382 World Wari, 10 Zone, The (Dovlatov), 87 World War II, 15, 21, 48-49, 372-73 Zyamochka, 240-41 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München
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CONTENTS MAP OF BORIS NAYFELD’S EUROPE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ XI MAP OF BORIS NAYFELD’S BROOKLYN_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ XII AUTHOR’S NOTE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ XV PRELUDE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 INTRODUCTION_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S PART ONE CHAPTER Ի THE INTERNAT_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1S CHAPTERS: KHUUBANS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 86 CHAPTER 3: THE ZONE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 CHAPTER Ч: DEAD SOULS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SB CHAPTERS: THE BLATNOY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60 PART TWO CHAPTER 6: AMERICA 79 CHAPTER 7: LITTLE ODESSA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 86 CHAPTER 8: THE UNCROWNED KIN6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ЅЧ CHAPTER 9: THE WRECKIN6 CREW_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 103 CHAPTER ID: THE BRATVA 114
x CONTENTS CHAPTER № EL CARIBE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 122 CHAPTER 12։ BROOKLYN NOCTURNE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 136 CHAPTER 13։ THE LONG CON_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 148 CHAPTER 14։ GASOLINE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 155 CHAPTER 15։ MURDER ON OCEAN PARKWAY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 164 CHAPTER 16։ THE BIG SCHNEYER_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 175 CHAPTER 17։ AMBUSH ON AVENUE U CHAPTER IB։ A BEND IN THE RIVER_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1ВЧ CHAPTER 19։ “THIS WAS MY REVENGE”_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 203 PART THREE CHAPTER 20։ THE WALL_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 213 CHARTEREI։ CHINA WHITE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 228 CHAPTER 22։ OLD NEW YEAR IN PARADISE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 236 CHAPTER 23։ THE WAR_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 248 CHAPTER 24։ THE MUSORS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 258 CHAPTER 25։ FAIRTON_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 271 PART FOUR CHAPTER 26= KRYSHA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 285 CHAPTER 27։ OLIGARCHS AND GANGSTERS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 293 CHAPTER 28։ ODESSA MAMA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 315 CHAPTER 29։ THE LAST PARTY._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 334 CHAPTER 30։ CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 344 ACKNOWLEDBMENTS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3S7 GLOSSARY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ЗБЅ INDEX._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 383
INDEX Adik, 266—67 Afghanistan war, ЗОЇ Africa, 192-93, 194-202. See also Sierra Leone Agron, Évsei, 92-102 assassination attempts on, 94-95, 142-47 assassination of, 164-74, 188, 192, 301 assassination of Zurab, 127-28 Boris as right-hand man for, 103, 112-13,114,119-20, 121, 125, 164 Boris’s counterfeit stamps, 95, 101-2, 363n Boris’s first meeting with, 92-95 cattle prod story, 120—21 criminal alliances of, 128-31 criminal life in Russia, 95-99 El Caribe gathering, 122-23, 124-25 gambling of, 99-101 insurance scam, 117-18 krysha, 118-20,121, 138-39 Marat and, 145,150-51,153, 163, 167-69 Maya and, 137, 139, 141 Monya and, 237-38 nightlife of Brighton, 137, 141 pickpocketing, 96-97, 100-101, 107 settling Boris’s dispute, 109-10 zs starshiy, 114—15, 120-21, 141-42, 150 Agron, MayaRozova, 94, 137, 139, 141 assassination of Évsei, 165—66, 167 Albany, 79-82 Alcaino, Roberto, 267-68, 310—11, 328-32, 334-35, 336-37 Ambush on Avenue U, 1-3, 184-93 Amnesty International, 340 Amuso, Vic, 207-8 Andrew, Attorney, 357-58 Anthony, 133-35 antisemitism, 10-11, 17, 19, 175 Antwerp, 106-7, 175-79, 215-16, 218-21, 224-26, 258-59 Antwerp Diamond Quarter, 175—79, 215-16,218-21,258-59 Antwerp villa, 225-26, 257, 258-59 Aronov, Alik, 140 arson, 31, 104, 149-50 Article 7B, 53-54, 369
384 INDEX Askari Jewelers, 181 Belarus, 37-38 Asmakov, Oleg (“Alik Magadan”), 250, Berlin, 101,197, 204-6, 208, 216-18, 252-53, 252«, 256-57 224, 234, 373 Berlin Wall, 7, 216, 217 Babai, Igor, 163, 175-79, 219-21, 270 Babi Yar, 48-49, 48«, 369 Badalamenti, Calogero, 261 Bagdasarian, Rafael (“Rafik Svo”), 254-56, 306 Bharara, Preet, 351, 356 Big Red Machine (Brokhin) ,171 black cash, 62, 63, 65, 66,67, 76, 98, 116, 369 “black realtors,” 308, 308« Black Sea, 89, 320 Bakunin, Mikhail, 44 Blagojevich, Rod, 345—46, 346« Balagula, Marat, 148-51 blat, 58, 369-70 Africa business of, 192-93, 194—99, 201-2, 221-22 arrest and trial of, 222, 226-27 assassination of Évsei, 167-69,173-74 credit card fraud business, 179-83, 189, 193, 221 criminal life in Russia, 148—49 diamond schneyer, 151, 153, 175—79, 193, 195-97, 201 blatnaya pesnya, 46, 370 blatnoy, 45, 50, 60-76 use of term, 45», 370 blatnye, 45—46, 46« blinis, 11, 370 Blue Mauritius stamps, 72-75, 82-83, 101-2, 363 Bobruisk Penal Colony Number 2, 39-43,47-50, 53-54, 371 early criminal life of, 149 Boris’s release from, 52-53 El Caribe and, 145 culture and codes of behavior, 43—47 gambling of, 163, 198—200 life in, 47-51 gasoline-tax racket, 155-63, 179, 185-86, 222-24 Bogatin, David, 160-62, 223—24 Bolshevik Revolution, 10,22«, 44,378 on the lam, 221—22 Bonanno crime family, 160, 274 Natalia and, 167—68, 168«, 197—98, Boryek Dantist (“Boris the Dentist”), 199, 221 84, 90-93 personality of, 148—49,150 Botsman, Misha, 332 prison sentence of, 236, 239 Brandwain, Galina, 286, 287, 307-8, Vadik and, 192, 197, 204, 205-8 “Balashikhinsky
group,” 254, 254« ballroom dancing, 140—41 315-16 Brandwain, Rachmiel (“Milik”), 214-21, 285-88 Baltika, 104 assassination of, 286—88 banya, 96,139,164, 369 M S International, 215-21, 285-88 Barrett, Wayne, 224 Bratton, William J., 351
385 INDEK brawa, 114, 125, 150, 163, 254, 370 Chateau De Capitaine, 352, 354 brigada, 1, 249-50, 370 Chekhov, Anton, 32« Brighton Beach. See also Little Odessa Chelbatsan, Sasha, 319-20 ambush on Avenue U, 1—3, 184—93 Boris’s arrival in, 82-85 Boris’s early criminal jobs, 90—93, 103-13 Chernigovsky, Feliks, 184—85, 187-88, 191 childhood of Boris, 15-36 child trafficking, 198 Boris’s first impressions, 88—89 China White, 229-35, 260-61, 370 Boris’s taxi driving, 83-85 cigarette smuggling, 322, 323-25, criminal groups, 86-89, 88n, 114-15, 118 ethnic wars, 89-90, 141-42 nighdife and restaurants of, 136-41. See abo specific establishments Brighton Beach Avenue, xii, 136—37, 205 328, 329, 338 City ofRogues and Schnorrers (Tanny), 321 clabber, 11, 185, 185«, 198, 240, 371 Class 3, 20, 20« Class 8, 22, 29 Class 11, 20«, 33 Brighton Beach NEP, 87, 87и cocaine, 146, 171, 172, 204, 228-29, Brokhin, Yuri, 171-73 Bronx, 84—85 239 Cohen, Michael, 124 Brothers Karamazov, 256, 316-17 Cojab, Marcos, 328 Bryansk, 359—60 Colombo crime family, 160֊61, 222, Buchalter, Emanuel, 360 Buchalter, Isadore, 360 Buchalter, Louis (“Lepke”), 6, 360 Bur (Barak Usilennogo Rezhima), 44-45,45«, 370 “burn company,” 156—57 274 Colony Number 2. See Bobruisk Penal Colony Number 2 Comey, James, 356 Coney Island, 11, 82, 89-90 Coney Island Hospital, 2-3, 190, 240, 243, 244 Café Arbat, 243 Capone, Al, 330 conscription in Soviet Union, 38-39, 53-54 Cardinali, Louis, 261 Copenhagen, 105, 106, 107-8 casinos, 99-101, 317—20 Cordon Bleu, 198-200, 204-5 Casso, Anthony (“Gaspipe”), 123, corruption, 6, 58-59, 60-76
134-35, 276 assassination of Vadik, 206-8, 276 at Fairton, 276, 278 gasoline-tax racket, 158-59, 276 Cosa Nostra, 114-15, 114«, 223 Five Families, 160-63. See also specific families omertà, 268, 274
зав INDEX counterfeit-cigarette smuggling, 322, 323-25, 328, 329, 338 counterfeit money, 116—17, 214, 216, 224-25 counterfeit stamps, 71—75, 79-80, 82-83, 90-93, 95, 101-2 COVID-19 pandemic, 276, 359-60 Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 8, 11, 342—45, 374 Dovlatov, Sergei, 87 Dozortsev, Nikolai, 310, 323-25, 327-29, 331, 335, 338 drug trafficking. See cocaine; heroin trafficking credit card fraud business, 179-83, Druzhnikov, Yuri, 24 189, 193, 221 Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky), dvoyurodnii brat, 126« Dudinka, 31 342-43, 344-15, 356 crocheting, 350 early life of Boris, 15-36 Eastern District of New York, 325—29 daisy chain schemes, 156. See aho gasoline-tax racket D’Arco, Alphonse (“Little Al”), 268, 274-75, 275«, 277, 278 East Germany (German Democratic Republic), 216-18, 216« Edegem villa, 225-26, 257, 258-59 Edik, 175-79,219-21 Davidson, Volodya, 199, 200—201 education of Boris, 15-16, 21-23, DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), 232, 233, 259-64,281, 288, 29-33 Einsatzgruppen, 48, 48«, 369 325-33, 334-35 Eisenstein, Sergei, 24 Dead Souls (Gogol), 58 Dementev, Rachmiel, 170—71, 172 El Caribe, 122-25, 133,134,142, 143, 145 DeMeo, Roy, 207 Elson, Marina, 256-57 detdoms, 21, 22, 371 Elson, Monya (“Monya Kishinevsky”) Detsky Mir, 27, 27n, 371 arrest of, 270, 316 diamonds (diamond smuggling), assassination attempts on, 243—44, 71, 73, 79-80, 82-83, 90-93, 110-12, 116, 151-54, 175-79, 195-97, 201, 215, 218-21, 225 Diamond District (New York City), xii, 116,118, 141-42, 143, 151-54 253, 256-57 assassination of Lyubarsky, 249-50, 277-78 assassination plot of Brothers Karamazov, 316-17 attempted
car bombing of Boris, 239-44, 246-47 Diamond Quarter (Antwerp), 175-79, bounty on Boris, 254-56 215-16,218-21,258-59 Dimitrievich, Alyosha, 99, 99« contract on, 246-47, 250-51, 256-57
387 INDEX heroin trafficking, 229, 239, 245, 269-70 trial and sentencing of, 277-78, 280-81 war with Boris, 236—47, 250-51, 267, 269-70 Ford, Gerald, 70 Forrest, Katherine, 357-59 Franzese, Michael, 160-63, 222-24 Freetown, Sierra Leone, 194, 197—98, 200-201, 204, 225, 317 Friedman, Robert, 127«, 168« employment in Soviet Union, 52—53, fufiyzhnik, 100-101,205, 372 54-59 Engels, Friedrich, 10 furs, 64, 118, 181,213-14 Englewood Federal Correctional Gambino crime family, 123, 160, Institution, 345-50 207, 268 English classes, 80, 81 gambling, 99-101, 198-99, 317-20 English language, 83—85 gasoline taxes, 155-56, 156« Escobar, Pablo, 267, 272«, 310 gasoline-tax racket, 7-8, 155-63, 183, evrei, 64, 64«, 382 184, 222-24 Genna, Giuseppe, 261 Fainberg, Ludwig (“Tarzan”), 105-7 Genovese crime family, 160, 274 Fairton Federal Correctional Georgia Republic, 289-90 Institution, 271-80 Fanchini, Ricardo (Richard) Marian, Gigante, Vincent (“Chin”), 274 Giuliani, Rudy, 264 213-21, 229-31, 323-24, Godfather, The (movie), 135 325-33 Gogol, Nikolai, 58 M S International, 213-21, 230, 326 gold, 30, 64, 101, 109,116-17, 200, 215 fartsovka, 50-51, 50«, 371 gold teeth, 47, 48—49 Fasano, Robert, 180-82 Goldberg, Boris (“Borya Ochkarik”), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 142-47, 169 7-8, 114,123, 125, 160, 163, Goldineh Medineh, 75, 75«, 372 222-23, 241, 257, 301, 303, Gomel, 9-10, 15-18, 33-35, 54-55, 310,313, 351,352-53 71, 362 Federico, Edward, Jr., 159-60 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 149 felony convictions of Boris, 8, 325—33 Gorispolkom, 21-22, 21«, 70, 372 fenya, xvi, 46, 371—72 Gorky, Maksim,
24 rights and fighting of Boris, 15, 24—25, Gosbank, 50, 50«, 372 40-41 Five Families, 160-63. See aho specific families Gotti, John, 123, 160, 338 GPU officer, 24, 372 Grafman, Igor, 167, 256-57
388 INDEX Gramatsky, Sasha, 191—92, 317-18 lorizzo, Lawrence, 160-62, 223-24 diamond schneyer, V76-77 Irina, 289-91 gambling game and cognac debt, Irkutsk, 56, 59 198-200, 204-5, 317 Gravano, Sammy (“the Bull”), 268, 274, 278 Gregorian calendar, 236« Gribenes, 19, 372 Grigoriev, Boris, 256-57 Gulags, 16, 30, 43, 373. See abo Soviet penal colonies 1RS (Internal Revenue Service), 7-8, 159-60 Israel, 69-70, 72, 74, 110-12,195, 239, 242 Italian American Mafia, 7, 274-76. See abo Cosa Nostra; Italyakhas; and specific members El Caribe gathering, 122, 123-25 Five Families, 160-63 Hashem, 347 gasoline-tax racket, 160-63 heroin trafficking, 229—35, 259—64 Russian Mafia compared with, Boris in jail, 264-68 Boris’s arrest, 262-64 Boris’s cooperation agreement, 269-70, 278, 281 114-15,249, 268 Italyakhas, 114—15, 133, 206,208, 291,292,311 El Caribe gathering, 123-25 Boris’s probation, 285, 286, 287-88 gasoline-tax racket, 158-59 DEA and, 259-64, 328 heroin trafficking, 232-33 Fima and, 234—35, 248-49 at MCC, 264-65 Monya and, 229, 239, 245, 269-70 use of term, 114«, 373 the operation, 230—33 Ivan Franko, MS, 148 surveillance of Boris’s Antwerp villa, Ivankov, Vyacheslav Kirillovich 257, 258-59 (“Yaponchik”), 300—304 Hitler, Adolf, 10 Hobbs Act, 353—54, 356 Jackson, Henry (“Scoop”), 69-70 Holocaust, 9, 48—49 Jackson, Michael, 201 homosexuality, 43, 45, 106, 106« Jackson-Vanik Amendment, 69-70 Hustling on Gorky Street (Brokhin), Jewish Community Center (Albany), 171 hypothyroidism, 11 Jewish emigration. See Soviet-Jewish immigration, 9-11, 69-76 JFK Airport, 79, 84, 111, 203, 260-63
Informer 001 (Druzhnikov), 24 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 61 insurance scam, 117—18 Judaism, 17, 19 internat of Gomel, 15—16, 21—23, 373 Julian calendar, 236« 80, 81 emigrants
389 INDEX Kalashnikovs, 245, 373 Kalmanovich, Shabtai, 194-97, 200 Kapusta, 186, 186η katorga, 342, 373-74 katrans, 99—101, 374 Katzelson, Roma (“Zhivogíot”), 185-86, 185« Kauvar, Charles Eliezer Hillel, 360 Kazakhstan, 10, 148 KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti), 50, 62, 86, 194-95, 201, 268, 363, 374 khozyain, 46, 374 Khrushchev, Nikita, 21, 373 khuligan, 25, 363 subculture, 25, 32-36, 39-40 use of term, 25«, 374 khuliganstvo, 36, 39, 374 Kiperman, Ilyusha (Eli), 225-26, 278-79, 336 Kishinevsky, Monya. See Elson, Monya kishka, \51n, 374 Kishka, Aron, 151-54, 175-76, 177 konka, 96-97, 107-8, 238, 375 Konstaninovsky, Slava and Alex, 256-57, 316-17 kopeks, 19, 39, 206, 293, 355, 375 korennoy, 115, 375 kosher, 19, 272 Kotlyarsky, Boris, 351, 353-56 Kozlovsky, Vladimir, 270« kozly, 45, 46, 375 Krasnoyarsk, 31-32, 32« Kremlin Princess, 327 Kremlyovskaya Vodka, 326 Kruglov, Sergei (“Boroda”), 254-56 krysha, 118-20,138-39, 215, 221, 288-94, 300, 310-11, 324, 375 krytka, 45, 45«, 375 Kumarin, Vladimir, 319-20 Kvantrishvili, Otarik, 317—18, 317« Lada 2100 (“Zhiguli”), 65-67, 382 Lansky, Meyer, 6 Laskin, Efim (“Fima”), 216-17, 217«, 313 assassination of, 251—52 heroin trafficking, 234—35, 248—49 Kalmanovich in Sierra Leone, 194-95, 197 Sheferofsky and counterfeit money, 224,225,239 Lehdet, Carlos, 2T1—TÌ, Tľln Lemeshev, Sergei, 99, 99« Lenin, Vladimir, 23-24, 49-50 Lenya, 203—4 Leshchenko, Pyotr, 99, 99« Levine, Morton, 123-25 limonkas, 241—42, 242«, 313, 376 Lincoln Town Car, 5, 143, 145,164-65 attempted bombing of, 240-44 Little Odessa, 6, 89. See ako Brighton Beach crime
groups, 88, 88« ethnic wars, 89-90, 141-42 nightlife and restaurants of, 136-41 lokh, 90, 151, 376 Long Island, 84—85, 103-4 Los Angeles, 129-31,133,237-38,253 Lucchese crime family, 123-24, 134, 160, 207-8, 268, 274 Luna Park, 89-90 Lysy, Ilyusha, 142-43,144
INDEX 390 Lyubarsky, Nellie, 249-50 Lyubarsky, Vadim, 249-50 Lyubarsky, Vyacheslav (“Slavik Ovoschnik”), 145, 145% 303 assassination of, 249-50, ΤΠ—Ί^ attempted car bombing of Boris, 243-45 McGillion, Alice T., 1-2 McHugh, Ryan, 327 mama loshen, 10, 376 mamkas, 289, 292-93, 294, 307, 311, 313, 376 M S International, 215-21, 253, 255, 258 assassination of Milik, 286-88 Fima and, 234, 248 heroin trafficking, 230—32, 234, 253, 303 krysha, 215-21, 225, 227, 231-32, 248,254,285-88 sale of St. Petersburg store, 287—88, 294, 307-10, 315-16 Markowitz, Michael, 161—62, 223 Marx, Karl, 10 Master of Sports, 28, 28% 38 MDMA, 326, 330, 338 Medellin, 272, 337 Meir, Golda, 195 Meritorious Artist of Russia, 138« Merrill Lynch, 180 Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), 146,153-54, 264-66, 264% 269, 336, 339-42, 344-45, 359 Metropol restaurant, 134, 137, 140-41, 167-69,256 Miami, 10, 162,191-92,259 military conscription in Soviet Union, 38-39, 53-54 militsiya, 22, 22% 28, 53, 67, 376 Milos, Alik, 126 Minakhi, Zurab, 126-28 Minnelli, Liza, 201 Mironov, Ekaterina Petrovna, 16-18, 26-27, 29-30, 32, 362-63 death of, 295-98 Mironov, Valentin, 27, 29, 30, 295-98 Mitnik, Oleg, 352-54, 355-56 Mitnik, Ronit, 352-54, 355-56 mobile phone market, 216 Momoh, Joseph, 194-97 money-extraction jobs, 131-35 Morozov, Pavel Trofimovich, 23-24 Moysif, Alexander, 260, 261, 262, 266 Mueller Report, 224 Mukasey, Michael, 337-38 musor, 170, 170% 172, 189-92, 206, 376 musoryenok, 170, 376 muzhiki, 45, 376 myortvye dushi, 58-59, 377 na levo, 49, 377 narkomanyuga, 119-20, 119% 229, Ъ17 Natalia (Marats girlfriend),
167-68, 168% 197-98,199,221 National restaurant, 137-38, 139, 170, 172, 249 Nayfeld, Alesya, 56, 68, 80, 83, 226 Nayfeld, Angela Kiperman, 140- 41, 177, 197-98, 225-26, 240, 278-79, 329-30, 332, 335,350
INDEX Nayfeld, Benjamin (“Venya”), 113, 125-28, 270, 334 assassination of Zurab, 126-28 391 Nicholas II of Russia, 9, 49», 116 nickname of “Biba,” 5,19-20 “night jobs,” 213 blatnoy in Russia, 63-64, 66, 69,75 nomenklatura, 60, 61, 377 credit card fraud business, 180, Noriega, Manuel, 272 181-82 gasoline-tax racket, 157 Norilsk Labor Camp, 27, 29-32 Norman, Michael, 1-2 krysha, 119, 121, 122, 125, 143 Nayfeld, Gennady (“Gena”), 126», 360 Obama, Barack, 346» obshchak, 44, 63, 115, 120, 377 ballroom dancing of, 140 Ocean Parkway, murder on, 164-74 death of grandmother, 279-80 ochkarik, 142, 142», 378 early life of, 16-17, 18, 28 Odessa, 46, 89, 314, 317, 320-27 emigration to America, 75, 81 Odessa restaurant (Brighton Beach), visits to Bobruisk, 42-43 150, 205-8 Nayfeld, Mikhail, 16-17, 362—63 Odesskys, 88, 88», 103-4, 378 Nayfeld, Riva, 5, 11, 18-23, 26-27, okroshka, 82, 378 29, 54, 72-73, 74-75 death of, 279-80 Old New Year, 236, 236«, 239-40, 248, 378 Nayfeld, Valentin, 68, 74, 80, 83 omertà, 268, 274 Nayfeld, Valentina (“Valya”), 259, Oniani, Tăriei (“Taro”), 307 262-63 attempted car bombing, 240 Operation Barbarossa, 48, 148, divorce, 278-79 opushchenny, 45, 46, 378 married life, 68, 83, 139-40, 225-26 Orena, Victor (“Little Vic”), 274 meeting Boris, 55-57 Organizatsiya, 114,378 372-73 Nayfeld, Yosef, 17-18, 20, 61-62 Othello (Shakespeare), 135» Nazi Germany, 10,48-49,148, Otisville Federal Correctional 372-73 New York Daily News, 256—57 New York Police Department (NYPD), Institution, 265-68, 336—37 Ovoschnik, Slavik. See Lyubarsky, Vyacheslav 86, 240-41, 250 New York
Post, 352 pakhan, 115, 378 New York State, gasoline taxes, Pale of Settlement, 9-Ю, 378 155-56, 156» New York Times, 1-2, 120—21, 250, 278 Papella, 205 Paradise restaurant, 137, 236, 239—40, 241,248
392 INDEX Pastukh, 46, 379 Red Brigades, 107, 217 pederast, 106, 106«, 379 RedMafiya (Friedman), 127«, 168« pelmeni, 82, 379 Rémy Martin, 102, 255 Penal Colony Number 2 at Bobruisk, Rezany, ТАЪг 39-43, 47-50, 53-54, 371 Boris’s release from, 52—53 Rezníkov, Vladimir (“Vadik Reznik”), culture and codes of behavior, 43—47 188-93 ambush on Avenue U, 188-92,197 life in, 47-51 assassination of, 206-9, 276 Persico, Carmine (“Junior”), 161-62 assassination of Brokhin, 172-73 Persits, Lev, 161, 223—24, 223« assassination of Évsei, 169-73, 192, petukh, 45, 379 197 assassination of Rachmiel, 170-71,172 pickpocketing, 96—97, 100-101, 107-8, 121,238, 375 Marat and, 192,197, 203^,205-7 pisatel, 97, 98, 107, 121, 379 Rezo, 104-7,109,110-12 pismo, 97, 379 RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Pitersky, Tolik, 133-35, 158 Piterskys, 88, 88« Platenum Energy Company, 1-2, 183 ambushat, 1—3, 184—93 Corrupt Organizations) Act, 146-47, 263-64, 312, 328, 337 Rivera, Charlie, 144—45, 146—47, 169 robberies, 104-13, 120 Plotkin, Tolik, 36 Rodriguez, Diego, 351 Plummer Park, 253 Roizes, Grisha (“Luydoyed”), 105—7, Podlog, Dima 108, 233, 260-62, 266 attempted car bombing, 239—41, 244 Romano, John, 261 heroin trafficking, 231, 233, 261-63, Rosner, Lydia, 61, 87 265-67 postage stamps, 71-75, 79-80, 82-83, rowing, 37-38 Roytman, Leonid, 316—17 90-93, 95, 101-2, 363 Russia. See abo Soviet Union Potik, Anatoly, 303, 351—54, 356« geography and size, 299« prikhlebatel, 185, 185«, 379 use of term, xvi Prohibition, 163 Wild Nineties, 299-300, 304-5, 313 prostitution, 285—86, 288—94, 310—13 Russian and Turkish Baths,
164—65 Putin, Vladimir, 8-9, 32, 313, 319, 374 Russian Civil War, 322« Puzyretsky, Emil (“Vilya”), 119-20,120« Russian Mafia. See abo specific members El Caribe gathering, 122, 124-25 Rajik, 242, 247—48 Rasputin restaurant, 239 razgon, 98—99, 379 Italian American Mafia compared with, 114-15, 249, 268 overview of, 6-7, 60-61
INDEX Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, 301 393 shiksa, 17, 380 Shin Bet, 195 Russian Revolution, 10, 22«, 44, 378 shiva, 18, 379 “Russian romance,” 137, 137« shmon, 42—43, 380 Rynok, 105-7, 108, 110-12 shoplifting, 103—4 Ryzhy, Zhenya, 309-10, 316 Shteinberg, Arkady (“Kadik”), 118, Sadesky, Lyova, 304—5 Shufutinsky, Mikhail Zakharovich, 124, 163, 190, 270 Sadko restaurant, 126-28, 150 129-30, 129«, 138, 138«, St. Petersburg 370 casinos, 318-19 Siberia, 18, 55, 57-59, 60, 63-64, 69 Piterskys, 88, 88« Siberia Furs, 181 sale of M S store in, 287-88, 294, Sicilian Black Hand, 118 307-10, 315-16 Sakhalin Island, 16, 17, 362 salo, 42, 42«, 379 Siegel, Benjamin (“Bugsy”), 6 Sierra Leone, 192-93, 194-202, 204, 221-22, 224, 225 Sapozhnik, Sasha, 291-92 Sifton, Charles P., 338-39 Sater, Felix, 224—25 Simochka, 139, 144—45, 164—66 Sberkassa, 50-51, 50«, 380 Skolnick, Sasha, 186-87, 186« Schiller, Friedrich, 135« Slepinin, Aleksander, 245, 246-47, Schneider, Aleksandr (“Sobachnik”), 312-13 schneyer, 115-17, 151-54,175-79,380 250-51,277 směnka, 101, 101«, 116, 170, 171-72, 380 Schoen, David, 269 Smith, Willie (“Veivel Schmid”), 10-12 schvitz, 237, 237«, 380 Smith Wesson revolver, 88, 90-91, Seagate, xii, 11, 82, 83 Senate Select Subcommittee, 159, 161, 206, 208 118,145 Sochi Winter Olympics (2014), 307 sooka, 112, 112«, 380 Senter, Anthony, 207-8 South Africa, 197-98,222 Sergei, 122-23 Southern District of New York, 8, 260, Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), 325-26 Shabashov, Alex, 137 Shargel, Gerald, 338 Sheferofsky, Mikhail (“Mihail Safer”), 224-25, 239, 248-49, 249«
shestyorka, 46, 46«, 380 266, 351-52 South Korea, 216 Soviet Army, 217-18, 234, 245-46, 322,372-73 Article 7B, 369 conscription in, 38-39, 53-54, 63 Soviet famine of 1946-1947, 16
INDEX 394 Soviet-Jewish emigrants, 9-11, 69-76, 80-81, 86-87 Straschnow, Aksana Balagula, 149« supermarkets, in America, 80-81 criminal groups, 86—89, 86« Soviet penal colonies, 39—51 Tanny, Jarrod, 321 Agron at, 97—98 Tanya, 288-92 American prison compared with, Tarnopolsky, Marik, 309 41-42 Bobruisk, 39-43, 47—50 Boris and the diamonds, 79-80, culture and codes of behavior, 43-47 82-83, 88 Tassone, Frank, 357-58 life in, 47—51 Tatiana Grill, 5, 12, 339 Norillag, 30—32 tattoos, 346—49 rape at, 45-46, 46« Soviet Union. See abo Russia 20th Congress of the Communist Party, 21 collapse of the (dissolution), 7, 24, 70, 218-19, 245-46, 289-90 taxi driving, 83-85 Tel Aviv, 111 Testa, Joseph, 207-8 Tetragrammaton, 347 Timoshenko, Aleksander (“Aleksander Bor”), 251-52, 258 conscription in, 38-39, 53-54 Tiscione, Steve, 338 corruption in, 6, 58-59, 60-76 Trade Act of 1974, 70 Gorispolkom, 21—22, 21«, 70 tref, 62, Gin, 100, 381 khuligan subculture, 25, 32-36, Tri-State Joint Soviet-Emigré Organized 39-40 Morozov and Young Pioneers, 23-24 Operation Barbarossa, 48, 148, 372-73 rising tide of teenage crime in, 35-36 World War II, 10, 48-49 Spartak, 28, 201, 380-81 Spero, Anthony, 274 Crime Project, 86«, 115 Trump, Donald, 123-24, 224—25, 346« Ukleba, Shalva (“Shaliko”), 241^12, 247, 253 Usaty, Lyonya (“Leonard Lev” ), 164— 66, 165«, 301, 302-3, 302« sports, 27-28, 37—39 Usoyan, Aslan (“Ded Khasan”), 305—8 Stalin, Joseph, 17, 43, 370, 373 Uspenskaya, Lyubka, 126 starshiy, 114—15, 381 Uzi submachine gun, 5, 256, 313 Staten Island, xii, 11, 226, 240, 262, 274, 279, 280, 298, 329, 331,
ambush on Avenue U, 2-3, 184—85, 187-90 334, 362 Stolichnaya, 137 Valachi, Joe, 268 Storonkin, Lyovka, 90 Vanik, Charles, 69-70
39S INDEX Varava, Vitali (“Victor”), 37-38, 38« Yakutia, 58-59 Vax, Michael (“Misha”), 2, 184-92, Yaponchik, Mishka, 300», 321-22 207 Venezia Furniture, 181 Yevtushenko, Yevgeny, 48η, 369 Village Voice, 224 yoga, 349-50 Yiddish, 10, 17, 46, 116 Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization (“Young zakroischik, Yl, 61, 382 Pioneers”), 23—24, 381 zamazlivy, 198 Vladimir Prison, 238, 238» Zapivakmine, Oleg, 256-57 Volga, 295, 295», 297 Zeltzer, Ilya (“Zelya”), 113,114—15,163 Volkov, Vadim, 299—300 ambush on Avenue U, 2-3, 186, Volodya, 55, 56-57, 67 187-92 assassination attempts on Évsei, 143, volyna, 92, 92», 118, 381 vorovskoy mir, 43,268, 381 vory v zakone, 43-44, 45, 60, 95-98, 144-45 credit card fraud business, 179, 180, 181-82 99-100, 307, 381-82 vyschaya myera nakazaniya, 67, 382 Los Angeles jobs, 129-31 zhid, 64, 64», 382 Washington Post, 123, 136 zhidovskaya morda, 64, 64», 382 Western Group of Forces, 217-18 Zhiguli, 65-67, 382 Wexler, Leonard, 222 zhivoglot, 185», 382 White Russia, 9 Zhlob, Mishka, 205, 237-38 Witness Protection Program, 223, 271, Zilber, Alex, 239 Zilber, Victor, 239 276-78, 382 World Wari, 10 Zone, The (Dovlatov), 87 World War II, 15, 21, 48-49, 372-73 Zyamochka, 240-41 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München |
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| spelling | Century, Douglas 1964- Verfasser (DE-588)120152279X aut The last boss of Brighton Boris "Biba" Nayfeld and the rise of the Russian mob in America Douglas Century First edition New York, NY William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2022] XVI, 395 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of his era whose intimidating presence and street smarts quickly made him legendary in the émigré community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and launched him to the top of New York's Russian Jewish mob. Nayfeld, Boris (DE-588)1270748076 gnd rswk-swf Nayfeld, Boris Russian American criminals / United States / Biography Gangsters / New York (State) / New York / Biography Organized crime / New York (State) / New York / Biography Gangsters Organized crime Russian American criminals New York (State) / New York United States Biographies True crime stories (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Nayfeld, Boris (DE-588)1270748076 p DE-604 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033806084&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033806084&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Gemischte Register |
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