- After returning to Russia during the Russian Revolution of 1905, he joined the Bolsheviks. Arrested several times over the years, he became a devoted Marxist.
- Yurovsky was survived by a wife, two sons, and a daughter.
- A watchmaker by trade, he lived for a short time in the German Empire in 1904.
- He was a Chekist for a short period of time in 1917.
- Son of Mikhail Yurovsky and Ester Moiseevna (1848-1919).
- In 1920, a British officer who met Yurovsky recorded that he was remorseful over his role in the execution of the Romanovs.
- Chief executioner of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his family, and four retainers on the night of 16 July 1918.
- In the 1991 Russian film Tsareubiytsa, Yurovsky was portrayed by Malcolm McDowell.
- In the 2019 American docudrama The Last Czars, Yurovski was portrayed by Duncan Pow.
- The character of Yakov Yurovsky appeared in several historical films dealing with the execution of the Russian imperial family.
- In 1971 British epic Nicholas and Alexandra, Yurovsky was depicted much older than 40 (his real age in 1918), as he was played by 65-year-old Alan Webb.
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