As the civil war continued and the White Army (a loose alliance of anti-Communist forces) was threatening to capture the city, the fear was that the Romanovs would fall into White hands.
A guerra civil continuaba e o Exército Branco (unha ampla alianza de forzas anticomunistas) ameazaba con tomar a cidade, polo que creceu o medo a que os Romanov caesen en mans dos brancos.