Many considered this appointment an honorable exile, but Peter I's increasing cruelty towards opponents of his reforms motivated Tsykler to plot against him.
In February 1697, two Strelets, Yelizariev and Silin, notified Peter about Tsykler's plan to burn down the house in which the tsar was residing.
During the trial, Tsykler explained under torture that he was motivated by Peter's reproaches against his friendship with Miloslavsky.
4 March] 1697, the heads of Tsykler and his accomplices were put on pikes and exhibited in Red Square.
Trykler's two sons were exiled to Kursk and forbidden to return to Moscow under the tsar's decree.