'''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. | '''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. |