What happened to the Russian roal family?

The Russian royal family, the Romanovs, were executed by Bolshevik forces on July 17, 1918, during the Russian Revolution. Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their five children were held captive and ultimately killed in Ekaterinburg. Their deaths marked the end of over three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia. In the years following, the family was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as martyrs.