In the years before the revolution of 1917 this palace belonged to Prince Felix Yusupov, one of the richest families in Russia. The family dates back to the 16th century. It was founded by Khan Yusuf, ruler of the mighty Nogai Horde which roamed the area from the Volga to the Ob. His great-grandson, Khan Abdul Murza, was converted to Christianity under the name of Dmitri and moved to Moscow. In the early 1680s he was granted the title of Prince Yusupov.

His son, Grigory, rose to the rank of full general and was given land and a house on the Fontanka by the tsar. His great-grandson, Boris Yusupov, bought the palace on the Moika in 1830. On his instructions the architect Andrei Mikhailov the Second added a wing along the embankment to the old three-story palace. The wing contained a dance-hall, hall of white columns, and the red and blue drawing rooms.

The palace's last owner was Prince Boris grandson, the young Felix Yusupov-Sumarokov-Elston, who married Nicholas II niece. Especially noteworthy in its architecture and design is the luxurious hall with white columns and sophisticated interior décor. A light colonnade running round the sides of the hall, the finely worked gilded chandeliers, the decorative moulding, and the murals on the walls an dthe ceiling. This interior was created in the 1830s by the architect Andrei Mikhailov, Junior.

It was here on the Moika that Felix Yusupov, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, State Duma deputy Vladimir Purishkevich and their friends attempted on December 17, 1916 first to poison and then to shoot Grigory Rasputin. From here they drove hid badly wounded yet still alive body and dropped it under the ice on the river.

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