Yakov Yurovsky

Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky (Russian: Я́ков Миха́йлович Юро́вский; 19 June [O.S. 7 June] 1878–2 August 1938) 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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Yakov Yurovsky
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1878
Birth place
Siberia , Russian Empire , Tomsky
Date of deathAugust 02, 1938
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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