 Yenukidze was arrested on 11 February 1937.During the purges, it was comparatively rare for the Soviet press to publicise executions, apart from those of the defendants at show trials (citation needed).In a rare exception to this rule, it was reported in "Pravda" that Yenukdize and six others had been tried in private on 15 December 1937, and executed on 20 December.