Yakov Yurovsky

Executioner, Deceased Person

1878 – 1938

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Who was Yakov Yurovsky?

Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky was an Old Bolshevik best known as the chief executioner of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his family, and four retainers on the night of 16/17 July 1918.

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  • Nikolai Aleksandrovich, in view of the fact that your relatives are continuing their attack on Soviet Russia, the Ural Executive Committee has decided to execute you...

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Born
Jun 7, 1878
Tomsk
Also known as
  • Mikhailovich Yurovsky
  • Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky
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Religion
  • Jewish
Profession
Died
Feb 8, 1938
Moscow

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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