 Because of Alexei's bad health, only Nicholas, Alexandra, Maria, and the servants leave for Ekaterinburg in April 1918; Alexei, Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia, and M. Gilliard are left behind.A few weeks later they also are transferred to the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg.After they are reunited, the commandant, Yurovsky, allows the family to have an Orthodox church service.