The man who killed Rasputin

Prince Youssoupov and the murder that helped bring down the Russian Empire

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The man who killed Rasputin

Prince Youssoupov and the murder that helped bring down the Russian Empire

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On December 16, 1917, Grigori Rasputin, a confidant of the empress's because of his alleged ability to stop the hemophilic attacks suffered by her son, was invited to one of the St. Petersburg palaces of Prince Felix Youssoupov, the second wealthiest man in Russia after the tsar himself. Leading a group of conspirators, the prince considered it a patriotic act to eliminate the palace favorite who had gained political control of the government.

Nearly eighty years later, the events surrounding the murder continue to provoke speculation. In an effort to get at the truth, this meticulously researched work covers the lives of both these men, from their childhood and youth right up to their ultimate collision. Youssoupov was then twenty-seven, while Rasputin was some twenty years his senior. Here is a superb retelling of a major historical event, based on new revelations from the St. Petersburg police files.

At the time of the murder Prince Youssoupov owned forty-seven palaces throughout the empire. Just two years later, when he and his wife escaped the Revolution, they survived by selling the jewelry they were able to hide on their persons. In the early 1930s their fortunes improved after they won a slander case against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer relating to its film Rasputin and the Empress. The Youssoupovs became social lions as they traveled the world, residing at times in Paris, London, or New York.

And wherever he went, Prince Youssoupov was always pointed out as the man who killed Rasputin. Illustrated with sixteen pages of photos, many previously unpublished in this country, including the recently released Rasputin death pictures.

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Publisher
Carol Pub. Group
Language
English
Pages
306

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.
"A Birch Lane Press book."

Published in
Secaucus, NJ

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
947.08/3/092, B
Library of Congress
DK254.I7 K56 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 306 p. :
Number of pages
306

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Open Library
OL787627M
Internet Archive
manwhokilledrasp0000king
ISBN 10
1559722959
LCCN
95019939
OCLC/WorldCat
32549224
Library Thing
203934
Goodreads
1229863

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