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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 Old Bolshevik, communist revolutionary, and Soviet Chekist (secret policeman). Yurovsky was commander of the guard at Ipatiev House during the assassination 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Yurovsky has received more than 1,368,213 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Yakov Yurovsky is the 4,279th most popular politician (down from 3,476th in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from Russia (down from 355th in 2019) and the 120th 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 4,279 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Milica of Serbia, Gracia Mendes Nasi, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Elena Glinskaya, Josef Terboven, and Micheline Calmy-Rey. After him are Merikare, Claudia Acte, Rishi Sunak, Fan Noli, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 33. Before him are Marcel Grossmann, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Arthur Scherbius, Yosano Akiko, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, and Eileen Gray. After him are Sadriddin Ayni, Jan Łukasiewicz, Kōki Hirota, Clemens August Graf von Galen, P. D. Ouspensky, and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria. Among people deceased in 1938, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 46. Before him are Andrej Hlinka, Ernst Barlach, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, William Stern, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and Marianne von Werefkin. After him are Yevhen Konovalets, Nikolay Krestinsky, Robert Wiene, Alfonsina Storni, Mary Mallon, and Joseph Bédier.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 411 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Léon Theremin (1896), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), George Balanchine (1904), and Marianne von Werefkin (1860). After him are Valentin Ivanov (1934), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), Viktor Belenko (1947), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Ivan Serov (1905), and Alexey Pajitnov (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 120. Before him are Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), Jani Beg (1300), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), and Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783). After him are Ivan Serov (1905), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Igor Smirnov (1941), and Yury Luzhkov (1936).

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