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Jakov Michailovič Jurovskij
1878 – 1938
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryYakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet Chekist. Yurovsky was commander of the guard at Ipatiev House during the murder of the Romanov family on the night of 17 July 1918. He is known as the chief executioner of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his family, and four of their servants. Yurovsky was responsible for the distribution of weapons, ordering the family to the cellar room, announcing the execution to the family, and the disposal of the eleven bodies.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 7, 1878
Kuybyshev
Date of death
August 2, 1938
Moscow
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
politicianrevolutionary
- Field and occupation
- revolucionář, politik, věznitel a popravčí
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