I'm not saying it's the most likely answer, but it's also possible that he just died in the crossfire. If you have a job that is so personally connected to the Tsar himself, you're likely to be in places where fighting is happening even if you're a civilian.

I honestly think it's more likely that the Bolsheviks killed him deliberately than in the crossfire, but yeah the most likely guess is that the guy who was employed directly by the Tsar would fight to preserve the Tsardom, so he was killed trying to fight revolutionaries.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There wasn't much crossfire to be caught in around the tsar court, since it was mostly disbanded even before October Revolution.

Oh and carriage driver for tsar would be very likely okhrana agent, this was one of the favourite methods of being undercover in okhrana modus operandi, both for observers and bodyguards (the last one ever since Alexander II died in assassination in his carriage).

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

tbf this is a carriage builder

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah true, so maybe not an okhrana agent but the former point still stay, bolshevik capture of tsar palaces was almost bloodless, if he got killed it was later, most likely when the dumb tsarist ass fought for whites.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that's fair