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[@Blubaron45] I am happy for you to make as many characters as you can keep up with, write regularly and really develop. I'd be really glad to see a Russian or any other. This does not need to be just Italians. :) 

I believe the year should be 1922. 
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Yeah, there were Jewish (many of them Russian Jews) gangsters as well, and I was thinking of playing one but Italian (well, Sicilian) felt right when I started writing. Between Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Dutch Schultz, there's lots to work with there...though of the three, Dutch Schultz is definitely the lesser. 

Basically, the Italians survived a lot longer and were more prosperous than the other gangs, mostly due to organization and omerta.