 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokubudirira kweBolshevik coupMuna November wa1917, mapepanhau ePetrograd akabudisa chirevo chaishevedza varume vose vaRomanov kuti vaende kuCheka, mapurisa epachivande. Pakutanga ivo vakangodikanirwa bedzi kusabuda muguta. Muna March 1918, vaRomanov vakanga vanyoresa vakadanwazve, panguva ino kuti vaendeswe kunyika yeRussia. Muchirimo cha1918, apo vaBolshevik vakanga vatanga kuedza kumubata, Gabriel akanga achirwara netibhii; panzvimbo pokumuisa mutorongo, vaBolshevik vakamubvumira kugara nomudzimai wake, Antonina, mufurati rake rePetrograd. Zvisinei, pakazosvika zhizha ra1918, akanga apora, uye rimwe zuva muna July, boka revarwi vaiva nezvombo rakasvika mufurati racho risina zvakawanda ndokumubata. Akaiswa mujeri reShpalernaya muchitokisi chaiva pedyo nechebabamunini vake Dimitri Konstantinovich uye Grand Dukes Nicholas Mikhailovich naGeorge Mikhailovich. 