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Yakov Yurovsky
June 19, 1878 – August 2, 1938
Chief executioner of Tsar Nicholas II (1878–1938)
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Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky was a Russian revolutionary of Jewish origin, known for executing the last Russian emperor, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his family after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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- Birthday · June 19
- Anniversary · August 2
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