17 Facts About Peter Ermakov

In January 1906, Peter Ermakov became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and became head of the illegal combat organisation of the RSDLP in the Verkh-Isetskiy.

Soon, Peter Ermakov became a member of the underground Yekaterinburg Committee of the RSDLP, which transferred him to an illegal position.

Peter Ermakov was assigned the role of one of the leaders of the militants, whose main task was expropriation.

The most striking event for Peter Ermakov was the expropriation of the factory cash desk in favor of the Ural Committee of the RSDLP, during which 6 people were killed and 12,400 rubles were seized.

Peter Ermakov became a member of the combat guard of the Verkh-Isetskiy plant, participating in the protection of clandestine meetings, the expropriation of private property, and the murder of loyalist provocateurs.

Peter Ermakov is reported to have delivered the killing blow to Olga, and severely wounded Maria and Anastasia.

Yurovsky described how Peter Ermakov tried to kill the Grand Duchesses with his bayonet, and that Peter Ermakov's men tried to plunder the jewels found in the clothing.

However, when Yurovsky's special detachment arrived, Peter Ermakov's men were outraged to discover that they were already dead.

Peter Ermakov was furious at Ermakov for bringing only one shovel for the disposal.

Peter Ermakov later participated directly in the Russian Civil War, and after the war found work in law enforcement in Omsk, Yekaterinburg, and Chelyabinsk.

In 1927, Peter Ermakov was employed as inspector for the prisons of the Urals region, and by 1934 was drawing his pension.

In 1935, Peter Ermakov, claiming to be dying of cancer, gave an interview to American journalist Richard Halliburton, describing the burning and destruction of the bodies of the Imperial family and their servants.

Unlike the other killers, Peter Ermakov received no awards or advancements for his part in the murders, for which he grew bitter.

The memoirs of residents of Sverdlovsk, who saw him at the end of his life on the church porch, have been preserved: Peter Ermakov begged for alms.

Peter Ermakov died in Sverdlovsk on 22 May 1952 from throat cancer at the age of 67 and was buried at Ivanovskoye Kladbishche.

Peter Ermakov appears as the principal antagonist in the 2020 Kazakh historical drama film The Crying Steppe, portrayed by Russian actor Sergey Ufimtzev.

Peter Ermakov is shown as suffering from PTSD as a result of his involvement in the killing of the family and their retainers, witnessing hallucinations of a bloody Alexei at several points throughout the film.