The Yaroschenko Organizatsiya is actually two gangs: the largely autonomous Brighton Beach/USA faction who identify with Sergei’s surname, plus a larger Organizatsiya in Kiev, Ukraine who call themselves the Sviatoshyn Gang. As of 1986, the hierarchy is as follows:
Pakhun:
Sergei Yaroshenko
Avtoritet
Rodion Brukov
Vassily Lovenko (under apprenticeship/in training)
Brighton Beach Advokat
Lev Moskalysk
Alexi Sokolsky (in training)
Volkhv/Spook
Alexi Sokolsky
Brighton Beach Kommandant
Grigori Sokolsky
Brighton Beach Street Captain/Head of Security
Nicolai Chiernenko
Red Hook/East Village Kommandant
Vanya Kazupov
Red Hook Advokat
Yegor Gavrilyuk
Red Hook Street Captain
Ivan ‘Ivanko’ Andreichenko