 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna July 1918, Sverdlov akazivisa Sovnarkom kuti Ural Regional Soviet yakanga yatarisira kuurawa kweaimbova Tsar nemhuri yake yapedyomuYekaterinburg kuti vadzivise kununurwa nemauto evachena aifambira mberi. Kunyange zvazvo vasina uchapupu, vanyori venhau dzoupenyu uye vezvakaitika kare vakadai saRichard Pipes naDmitri Volkogonov vakaratidza pfungwa yokuti kuuraya kwacho zvimwe kwakatenderwa naLenin; asi, munyori wenhau dzakaitika kare James Ryan akanyevera kuti pakanga pasina chikonzero chokutenda izvi. Lenin angave akazvibvumira kana kuti kwete, iye achiri kuzvirangarira sezvinodikanwa, achisimbisa muenzaniso wakagadzwa nokuurawa kwaLouis XVI muRusununguko rweFrance. 