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Yakov Yurovsky

1878 - 1938

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Yurovsky has received more than 1,100,083 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yakov Yurovsky is the 3,525th most popular politician (up from 4,086th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Russia (up from 388th in 2019) and the 113th 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 3,525 out of 15,577. Before him are Ana Pauker, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, André Maginot, Hipparchus, Filippo Maria Visconti, and Hisham II. After him are Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Emperor Ku, Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, Emil Maurice, Deodoro da Fonseca, and Empress Genshō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 24. Before him are Iwane Matsui, Gustav Radbruch, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Shigeru Yoshida, Gemma Galgani, and Louis Chevrolet. After him are Eileen Gray, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Elizabeth Arden, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Arthur Scherbius, and P. D. Ouspensky. Among people deceased in 1938, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 37. Before him are Nikolai Kondratiev, Feodor Chaliapin, Otto Bauer, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Hans Christian Gram, and Ernst vom Rath. After him are Suzanne Lenglen, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Mary Mallon, Ernst Barlach, and William Stern.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 357 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), Yury of Moscow (1281), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Michael Chekhov (1891), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), and Anton Arensky (1861). After him are Léon Theremin (1896), Galina Ulanova (1910), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Henri Troyat (1911), and Sergey Ilyushin (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yakov Yurovsky ranks 113. Before him are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), Yury of Moscow (1281), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), and Princess Louise of Prussia (1808). After him are Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Jani Beg (1300), Ivan Serov (1905), Oleg Penkovsky (1919), Ivan Silayev (1930), and Boris Nemtsov (1959).

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