The Resume

(June 19, 1878-August 2, 1938)
Born in Tomsk, Siberia, Russian Empire
Bolshevik secret police guard
Birth name was Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky
Chief executioner of Emperor Nicholas II and his family (July 16, 1918)

Why he might be annoying:

His name is alliterative.
He was a watchmaker by trade with no military training.
He and his cohorts tricked the Royal Family into posing for a family photo before shooting them to death.
In addition to assassinating the five Royal children, he oversaw the murder of four imperial servants (the physician, the chambermaid, the cook, and the footman), who were obviously of no immediate threat.
He had the corpses of the Royal Family stripped, dismembered, and then taken to the countryside, where they were dumped into an abandoned mine shaft (he later ordered them relocated as part of a cover-up).
He has predictably factored into anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that Jews caused the world's suffering (although he was only barely Jewish).

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the eighth of ten children.
He was arrested several times for his Marxist activity during the Tsar's reign.
He was allegedly remorseful about his role in murdering the Tsar and his family.
He achieved a solid reputation for combating corruption and theft in post-Revolutionary Russia.
He was portrayed by Malcolm McDowell and Alan Webb.
Little is known about his life before and after the assassination despite its historical importance.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Assassins
• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 14]
• I Died in 1938 (Ranked: 60)
• I'm a Communist
• Look at My Bling Bling
• Profiles 46001-46250 (Ranked: 46060)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 167 Votes: 68.26% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying