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Yakov Yurovsky

1878 - 1938

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Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky (Russian: Яков Михайлович Юровский, pronounced [ˈjakəf mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ jʊˈrofskʲɪj]; 19 June [O.S. 7 June] 1878 – 2 August 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet Chekist (secret policeman). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yakov Yurovsky is the 5,108th most popular politician (down from 4,279th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Russia (down from 411th in 2019) and the 130th most popular Russian Politician.

Yakov Yurovsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary and member of the Red Army. He was the commander of the execution squad that killed Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children in 1918.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 5,108 out of 19,576. Before him are Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Anna of Sweden, Emperor Go-Saga, Kakuei Tanaka, and Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Emperor Keitai, Emperor Tenmu, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, and Theroigne de Mericourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 42. Before him are Milan Hodža, Eileen Gray, Elizabeth Arden, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Clemens August Graf von Galen, and Kōki Hirota. After him are Marcel Grossmann, Arthur Scherbius, Abdelaziz of Morocco, Georg Kaiser, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, and Stepan Shaumian. Among people deceased in 1938, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 49. Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Ernst Barlach, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Andrej Hlinka, and Nikolay Krestinsky. After him are Harvey S. Firestone, William Henry Pickering, Robert Wiene, Reginald Johnston, Yevhen Konovalets, and Alfonsina Storni.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 437 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), Ivan Ilyin (1883), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Valentin Serov (1865), and Fyodor Ushakov (1745). After him are Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Helena of Moscow (1476), Andrei Platonov (1899), Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Grigory Sokolov (1950), and Mikhail Gurevich (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 130. Before him are Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Ivan Serov (1905), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), and Princess Louise of Prussia (1808). After him are Helena of Moscow (1476), Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903), Mikhail of Tver (1271), False Dmitry II (1600), Pavel Milyukov (1859), and Nikolay Bobrikov (1839).

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