'''Yakov Yurovsky''' (1878-1938) was born in [[Siberia]] to a [[Jewish]] family. He joined the [[Bolshevik]] party in 1905 and in July 1918, on orders from [[Yakov Sverdlov]], supervised the murder of Tsar [[Nicholas II]] and his wife and family. The Royal family were shot, stabbed and hacked to death.
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'''Yakov Yurovsky''' (1878-1938) was born in [[Siberia]] to a [[Jewish]] family. He joined the [[Bolshevik]] party in 1905 and in July 1918, on orders from [[Yakov Sverdlov]], supervised the murder of [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II]] and his wife and family. The Royal family were shot, stabbed and hacked to death.
Yurovsky later worked as a Chief of [[Soviet]] State Treasury. He died in 1938 of natural causes.
Yurovsky later worked as a Chief of [[Soviet]] State Treasury. He died in 1938 of natural causes.
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==Further reading==
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* Helen Rappaport. ''The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg'' (2009) [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22Yakov+Yurovsky excerpt and text search]