Yakov Yurovsky

Yakov Yurovsky
Yakov Yurovsky
Яков Юровский
	Yurovsky in 1918
Born	19 June 1878; Tomsk, Russia
Died	2 August 1938 (aged 60); Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupations	Watchmaker,; Chekist,; Chief of the Gold Department, Gokhran; Management staff, Soviet Polytechnic Museum;
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918); Russian Communist Party (1918–1938);

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.