July 1918 saw a group of SR's assassinate the german ambassador over the Brest-Litovsk treaty, then an attempt on Lenin's life followed. In this mood, Lenin ordered that the Local Cheka detachment executed the Ex-tsar and his family at Yekateringburg in the Urals, hailed down by revolver shots by six men.
After abdication, Nicholas was hoping for Asylum in Britain but the government nor George the V was willing to risk the diplomatic problems or if the Bolsheviks were to follow to britain. He was also rejected by his cousin, the German Kaiser Wilhelm, the reason being it would 'Comprimise his neutrality' from the armistice signing.
It was the climax from eight months of moving the Romanovs around so that they're position was a secret from monarchists would would attempt to rescue them. Lenin personally wanted this to happen as he hated the monarchy, 'really enjoyed letting himself loose against the bourgeois'.
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