"The Bolsheviks subsequently ordered the execution of the Romanovs, fearing that the Whites would reinstate them, and so, in July 1918, the family, along with several of their closest aides, including Evgeny Botkin, were shot dead in the basement of the Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg.His son, Gleb Botkin, retreated eastwards with the Whites, but following their defeat, fled via Japan to the United States.