Was this before the communists? What happened to them?
Before.
when communist revolution was advancing, they captivated all of them.
They were shot dead by communists in city of Yekaterinburg.
"In the early hours of July 17, 1918, the former imperial family, Tsar Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia and Tsarevich Alexei were taken to the cellar of the Ipatiev House and murdered"
At the exact location of execution of Nicholas II is today a "Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land" built in 90's after communism fell.