However, both men were already dead: after the Bolsheviks had removed them from the Ipatiev House in May, they had been shot by the Cheka with a group of other hostages on 6 July, in reprisal for the death of Ivan Malyshev , a local Bolshevik hero, killed by the Whites.
Porén, ambos os dous levaban mortos desde que os bolxeviques os sacaran da casa en maio e foran fusilados pola Cheka xunto a outro grupo de reféns o 6 de xullo como represalia pola morte de Iván Malshev, un heroe local asasinado polos brancos.